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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 336 - Are You Really Bearing Fruit for God or Just Busy?

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Prolife, Religion, Creation, Evangelism, Salvation, Jesus, Christianity, Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Gospel, Apologetics, Theology, Witnessing

52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In our busy lives, we often lose sight of what truly matters—bearing fruit for God rather than simply staying busy. John 14:21 teaches that love for God manifests in love for others. While we may engage in good activities, we must ensure they fulfill God’s purpose. Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar discuss how easy it is to mistake productivity for fruitfulness, just as Martha was consumed with tasks while Mary chose to abide with Jesus. God is the vine, and we are the branches. True fruitfulness co...

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0:00.0

I know all the things that you're doing. I know this. I see all that is going on, right?

0:04.8

I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

0:11.6

You're immortal, right? Reputation is very important to us. And we think that our reputation is

0:19.9

by all the things that we are

0:21.4

getting done and getting accomplished. When somebody says, how are you doing? We tend

0:25.2

to say all the things that we have been doing. Yeah, it's almost like they asked us, what

0:29.5

are you doing? I remember Easy did this to me, he corrected me one time several years ago.

0:34.2

He asked me, how are you doing? And I told him what I was doing. And easy,

0:38.5

you responded. I don't know if you remember this. Your response back was, oh, I'm sorry, I think

0:41.4

you misunderstood the question. I didn't ask you what you're doing. I asked how you are doing.

0:46.6

And that's a good pause. That's a good question. And it's a good rebuke, all in the same, because we think that our busyness is attributed to godliness.

0:56.6

Yeah.

0:56.9

And that isn't always necessarily the case.

1:04.6

In the famous words of that legendary theologian, M.C. Hammer, we need to pray just to make it

1:15.0

a day. Oscar, do you remember MC Hammer? I do. Absolutely. Hamma nailed it. What?

1:22.3

Hamma Niled it. Yeah. Hammer time. With his pants. Well, Mark, do you remember his most

1:26.8

famous song? I do. In fact,, do you remember his most famous song?

1:30.8

In fact, as you were saying in the famous words,

1:33.0

I said it in my head, he's going to say MC Hammer. You did not?

1:33.6

I did.

1:34.2

Okay, because I've probably done it before.

1:35.9

Mark, do you remember his most famous song?

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