Ask God to grow real fruit and make one concrete change

Keep the outward signs strong and hope that is enough

Wait for a better feeling before you obey

Focus on sounding spiritual, even if nothing changes

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, I admit that I have sinned and that my life has often looked alive on the outside while lacking real fruit. I cannot save myself. I turn from my sin and from empty living. I believe you died for my sins and rose again. I confess you as Lord, and I ask you to make me new and fruitful. Amen.

Lord Jesus, Make Me New

Lord, revive your Church where we have settled for leaves without fruit. Expose empty religion, awaken repentance, and grow in us love, holiness, mercy, and obedience that last. Make your people fruitful again for your glory, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Revive Your Church to Bear Fruit

Thank God for the mercy of a warning that exposes emptiness before it goes unnoticed; thank him for Jesus' authority, for the chance to turn back, and for the gift of real fruit instead of mere appearance.

Thank You for Honest Warning

Pray by naming one area where you may be looking fruitful without being fruitful. Ask God to forgive you, to remove what is false, and to grow one genuine act of obedience today.

Pray About Empty Leaves

Father, where my life is only leaves, grow real fruit in me. Shape my private life, my words, my choices, and my loves so that they show your life at work, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Grow Real Fruit in Me

Pray for: people whose lives seem outwardly strong but inwardly barren; courage for friends to speak truth with love; and a fresh work of God that produces patience, kindness, and lasting faith.

For Others Who Look Fine but Feel Empty

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Matthew 21 : 19 - Judgment, Authority, Fruitlessness

And seeing a fig tree  beside the road, Jesus  went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. Then He said to it, “May fruit never again come from you forever,” and the fig tree withered immediately.

	Alpha	ah — as in father
	Upsilon	i — as in machine
	Tau	t — as in top
	Eta	i — as in machine
	Nu	n — as in new

αὐτήν,

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