Day-35-Lenten-Reflection.docx

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🕊️ *LENTEN DEVOTION – DAY 35* 🕊

💎 *Tuesday, Fifth Week in Lent – Gospel fruit and obedience* 💎

 

💔 *The Fruit that Follows Faith * 💔

 

Today we consider how authentic faith yields visible obedience and tangible fruit. In John 15:8 (NKJV), Jesus declares, *_“By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”_* Lent invites us to examine the alignment of what we claim to believe with how we live—our choices, our words, and our acts of mercy. True obedience is not merely punctual compliance but a transformative response to the gospel that reshapes daily life, work, and relationships.

 

*Global illustration:* Across cultures, faithful communities have demonstrated that fruitfulness is evidenced by mercy in action, justice in practice, and generosity that crosses boundaries. A Nigerian context, we pray for that fruit to be present in leadership and followership humility, community service, and mutual aid, but the underlying truth speaks to believers everywhere: faith matures into deeds that testify to Christ.

 

Consider how your sphere—family, church, workplace, or neighbourhood—bears the marks of faithfulness. Are there areas where fear, apathy, or cynicism stifled growth, especially at these times of insecurity? Lent invites repentance and recommitment to a life that bears enduring fruit for the Kingdom.

 

*Reflection:* What concrete fruit do I want my faith to produce this week? How can I cultivate habits that reflect obedience to Christ, not merely conformity to religious routine?

 

*Today’s practice invites us to:*

Identify one specific fruit you want to grow in your life this week (e.g., merciful action, generosity, integrity).

Create, for example, a repeatable practice that nurtures that fruit daily.

Share a brief testimony of God’s faithfulness in producing fruit through your life.

 

🙏 *LITURGICAL PRAYER* 🙏

 

*_O God of fruitful faith,_* let my life be a garden where Your Spirit cultivates obedience that yields visible fruit. Grant me strength to sow seeds of mercy, justice, and truth in every sphere of influence, and may I rejoice in the harvest that follows, through faith and joy. Amen. *(John 15:8 NKJV).*

 

*Prayer for persistent fruitfulness:* Father, help me cultivate Christ-like outcomes in speech, action, and attitude; may my daily choices honour You and advance Your Kingdom. Amen. *(Colossians 1:10 NKJV)*

 

*Intercession for Our Nation’s common good:* Lord, empower believers to work for justice, uplift the vulnerable, and model generosity in every sector of society. Amen. *(Proverbs 11:25 NKJV)*

 

*Closing blessing:* May your life abound in every good work, to the glory of God and the good of all, throughout all the lands and their festivals. Amen. *(2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV)*

🕊️ “You will know them by their fruits.”

*– Matthew 7:16 NKJV*

 

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