Fruitfulness

Father Almighty,

we come before you this week in humility, covered in your mercy and grace. Forgive us - your church in Miami - for being lukewarm and self-centered. We don't want to be useless fruitless vines - tangled, dry, and ineffective. Father, we desire to be burgeoning with the fruit of your Spirit. We want to be tangled and mingled all throughout this city and bursting with the fruits of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, and Self-Control in our homes, in our neighborhoods, in our places of business, in our church community, in traffic, in lines, in the marketplace, and all over Miami-Dade. We desire this, Lord, but we are completely ineffective apart from you. Draw close to us as we pause and draw close to you. May we have the strength and discipline to respond to you in obedience and to sacrifice our own selfishness so that the world would see a Miami bursting with your bountiful glory.

Amen