![Bearing Fruit: What Happens When God's People Grow by [Gallaty, Robby]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41o0i8yROcL.jpg)
Here is the book summary:
Why are so many Christians stagnant in their faith? Why do we often live as though the gospel stops at the moment of conversion?
The good news of Jesus
doesn’t stop the moment we get saved. In fact, salvation is only the beginning
of God’s work in our lives. We often view salvation as the ending point; it’s
really the beginning point. The gospel of Jesus doesn’t only justify us; it sanctifies
us. When we receive the Holy Spirit at salvation, an incredible work begins to
happen in us: we begin to bear fruit. When we are firmly planted in the gospel
and committed to growing in Christ, He produces in us the fruits of the Spirit,
the marks of a true Christian.
In Bearing Fruit,
Robby Gallaty walks us through the life of the Christian. Biblical,
intentional, and practical, Bearing Fruit points our hearts to the
gracious God who called us, justified us, and is now sanctifying us by the work
of his Holy Spirit.
And now, my review:
Bearing Fruit… I found this book to be packed full of
wonderful truths that I’m excited to mull-over.
Each chapter is another aspect of fruit in our lives and it’s a great
reference to go to which ever one I’m feeling drawn to by the Spirit to read
and pray over any things that He might be helping me see in my own life. I found chapter 7 to be my favorite and loved
how he mentioned that the fruit that is in us is for others… it’s a way to show
the Gospel to others. We need to be
constantly weeding our spiritual gardens just like weeding my own garden. If I let it go, I will lessen my harvest if I
receive a harvest at all (it might just choke out my plant and kill it). With hands laid out before the Lord, my
prayer is that the Gardener would do the cultivation needed in me to bear the
fruit He desires, knowing it’s NOT an overnight process.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest
review.
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