Be Fruitful

Proverbs 10:22, NKJV
The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

HE SAID IT, SO WE COULD DO IT

We Need to Recover the Biblical Meaning of “Blessing”
The blessing preceded the curse.
Blessing was first, The curse came later.
Therefore, the curse doesn’t define God’s original intent.

Blessed – bāraḵ
Blessing = saying or declaring good.
Curse = saying or declaring evil.

Proverbs 18:21 NKJV
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”

Genesis 1:28 NKJV
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

FRUITFUL

To help us understand lefts look at the opposite.

Word Meaning

• Barren: Unable to produce fruit or offspring; not bringing forth what is expected.
• Unfruitful: Not producing fruit, results, or increase.
• Unproductive: Not producing a useful or desired result.
• Withered: Losing vitality, strength, or the ability to flourish.
• Stagnant: No longer growing, advancing, or developing.

Hebrew Definition of “Fruitful”

פָּרָ ה — Pārāh (paw-RAW) Strong’s Concordance: H650

Definition: To bear fruit, bring forth fruit, be fruitful, increase, multiply, or produce abundantly.

1. FRUITFULNESS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE

Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

2. FRUITFULNESS IN RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY

Psalm 128:2–4 NKJV
When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the Lord.

Proverbs 13:22 NKJV
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

3. FRUITFULNESS IN MINISTRY

John 15:7-8 NKJV
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

1 Corinthians 3:6–7 NKJV
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

4. FRUITFULNESS IN WORK AND PROVISION

2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

SAY WHAT GOD SAYS

Speak God’s Word over what God has entrusted to you.

Mark 11:23 NKJV
Faith speaks what God says about the situation rather than merely describing what the situation looks like.

THE BLESSING is an empowerment.
God’s blessing doesn’t merely say something good; it empowers the recipient to prosper and fulfill God’s purpose.