Talk About Apples!

When Adam and Eve ate that apple, they partook of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Today we are still suffering from the consequences of ingesting that nasty fruit! How many churches today are still feeding their lambs from that same tree? Teaching people how to make better lives for themselves by their actions will never work. We need to eat from the Tree of Life! We need to “eat” Jesus as the Bread of Life, drink Him as the Living Water, and partake of Him as our Life-giving Sustenance! How? By declaring these things out of our mouth. Throughout the Word, God says and Jesus says and the Holy Spirit says; and we’re instructed to do the same thing (Mark 11:23). So how else can something that “is not” be declared as though “it is” unless we declare it with our mouth? When you say something, we all know you can’t take it back! It has been set into motion and like God’s word, it will not return void (Is 55:11). No matter what we do, no matter how nicely we act, only the atoning Blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse us from the unholy fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. We have to stop being Adam’s progeny and get reborn and become children of the Living God; and the only way we can do that is to declare that Jesus Christ is the Lord of our lives…out loud!

What does that have to do with operating a church, directing a nonprofit or running a business? Everything! The entire world will tell you that in today's economic environment you simply can't succeed. But God says that if you (1) meditate on His word and (2)speak His word out loud, that you'll succeed, prosper and reap what you say! God has prepared us for difficult times...but you have to cooperate with the Word and do what you know to do!