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Don't Be Unfruitful - Tuesday Praise & Pray (for others) November 18, 2025
- P L U N D E R E R
- Nov 18, 2025
- 3 min read
A fruitful vineyard produces plenty of fruit for its owner, and that is what the Lord expects when He looks at us who believe in Him. He sent His Son to die for us, setting us free from death in hell. That freedom, plus God's Word in the Bible and the deposit of His Holy Spirit, means we have all we need to do greater works just as Jesus said believers would. We're equipped to be fruitful.
The Parable of the Fig Tree revealed that any tree in God's vineyard that fails to produce is at risk of being cut down. It reinforced that God won't even allow the soil a tree is planted in to be put to waste if that tree fails to bear fruit. The parable also highlighted another reason why we need to be grateful to Jesus as our intercessor, because He stands advocating for us to receive more chances to prove fruitful to the Lord.
Long before Jesus told the Parable of the Fig Tree, the Bible revealed what would happen to an unproductive vineyard of trees. Prophet Isaiah issued a warning in a time when God's people no longer served Him faithfully. They lived as they wanted and bowed to other gods. The vineyard produced bad grapes. Instead of justice, the 'fruits' produced were injustice, bloodshed, and unrighteousness (Isaiah 5:4 & 7).
This caused the Lord to pronounce a judgment. Isaiah 5:5-6 - Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. /I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
This prophetic word reveals that an unproductive vineyard loses its protection and will be abandoned by its owner. When that happens, an enemy can enter to destroy it. God's blessings - the rain - will no longer fall. That will ensure that the trees within shrivel up and die. By implication, the favor of the Lord, which is a shield from destruction, is removed. These are but some of the consequences that await a tree or a vineyard that does not produce fruit pleasing to God.
As individual Christians and as members of the Body of Christ, this warning in Isaiah 5 must not be ignored. God expects us to produce fruit worthy of our placement in the soil of His vineyard. We have to honor the mercy we've received from God through Jesus by the way we live (Luke 3:8). We must spread the aroma of Christ wherever we go (2 Corinthians 2:15). Shining God's light into the world's darkness and not producing sinful fruits and their resulting scars.
What does God see when He looks at you? Also what fruit are you producing? Are you like those the Prophet warned because their fruits were bad? Or are you bearing the fruits of the Holy Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness/humility, and self-control as stated in Galatians 5:22-22? If not, today is a good day to start, my brother and sister in Christ.
Intentionality is required because the fruits of the Spirit don't always come naturally. We have to fast and pray so we receive and maintain them. We have to reject pride and the desire to satisfy our flesh so we starve satan of what it wants from us - sin. And as we rely on Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Word, we improve daily.
God wants us to be fruitful for Him. That way, we enjoy His rewards and don't endure what becomes of the trees in an unfruitful vineyard. He will help anyone who wants His assistance in this. Tell Him you desire to be a profitable tree in how you live and the lives you influence for His glory. God will help us become increasingly fruitful for His glory and pleasure, and by His grace, we will avoid the consequences of unfruitfulness, IJMN, Amen.
As you wait for fellowship at 12 Noon EST, consider reading the following previous P&P messages:
FINAL MESSAGE
Guys, don't let the message from today and Friday fizzle out of your hearts. God is calling on us to be fruitful. He wants to make a profit off of us. Jesus died to set us free so we could move through this world as God's ambassadors and bring others to Him.
Our lifestyle needs to reflect the kingdom we belong to or else our hypocrisy can repel unbelievers (and the believers who are growing in faith) from the God we say we love and claim to serve.
Trust me when I say, this message is for me as much as it is for you, the person reading these words. I have had to commit and recommit to…
CLOSING PRAYER
Thank You God for bringing us together. Hallowed be Your Name, Great and Mighty King!
Take all the glory and the praise for this day of fellowship. May our praise and petitions have risen as a sweet-smelling scent to You.
For all who connected with this gathering, may they be blessed with Your presence and power. May those who do so at a later time fall under Your anointing. May none who engage with this message leave unchanged.
Kindly cover the lurkers and others, Lord. Thy great will be done in their lives. Let every last word You have written about them in the book be fulfilled. All by Your grace and to Your glory, IJMN, Amen.
LAST 10 MINUTES
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God knows this. He sent Jesus to live as an example we can emulate. And yes, though we try to emulate Him, we can all admit we fall short most times (or am I the only one?).
That said, God has given us everything we need for godly living, guys. The issue, oftentimes, is that we have to be disciplined and pay attention to our thoughts and actions. This requires patience and commitment.
It also requires that we allow the Spirit of God to help us because ultimately, this is the role He is supposed to…
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God, I want to pray for the lukewarm. I call on You to help them.
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Father, even now, many of us Christians are lukewarm, we say we believe in Jesus but our actions say otherwise.
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