Bearing Abundant Fruit

My Rebecca and family among beautiful autumn fruit, 2009

"...we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of (God's) will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." (Col. 1:9-10)

        A few years ago, while visiting Birmingham for an SEC baseball tournament, the Lord told a man that he would one day pastor many people in my home city. The following year, that man moved his family to Alabama and planted a church of 34 people. Only twelve years later, that man, Chris Hodges, is now the senior pastor of Church of the Highlands - a congregation with over 20,000 active members and multiple campuses in several Alabama cities and correctional facilities.

      There is no limit to what God can do through one obedient servant walking with the Lord Jesus Christ. This morning, I prayed for you - yes you who is reading this post right now - that God will fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of Jesus, to please Him in all respects, bearing abundant fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of our God!

To learn more about Church of the Highlands, visit:
www.churchofthehighlands.com