Be Fruitful

BE FRUITFUL

1. Be fruitful and increase in number

2. The fruit of your womb

3. Joseph is a fruitful vine

4. Fruit in season

5. Fruit in old age

6. The fruit of righteousness

7. The fruit of our lips.

************************

BE FRUITFUL

1. Be fruitful and increase in number

GENESIS 1:27-28

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

************************

2. The fruit of your womb

DEUTERONOMY 28: 4, 11

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity--in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground--in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

PSALM 128:1-4

Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.

You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.

************************

3. Joseph is a fruitful vine

GENESIS 49:22-26

"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.

With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below,blessings of the breast and womb.

Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills.Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

************************

4. Fruit in season

PSALM 1:1-3

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-- whatever they do prospers.

JEREMIAH 17:7-8

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

************************

5. Fruit in old age

PSALM 92: 12-15

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

proclaiming, "The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

************************

6. The fruit of righteousness

ISAIAH 32:17

The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

HOSEA 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

ISAIAH 3:10

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

************************

7. The fruit of our lips.

PROVERBS 12:13-14

Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.

From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

PROVERBS 13:2-3

From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

PROVERBS 18:20-21

From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

************************