Bearing Fruit in Every Season

10.06.2025

By: Ray SaVonne

As the fall and winter seasons approach, it often feels like everything begins to slow down. The days get shorter, the air gets colder, and life itself can start to mirror that stillness. Sometimes it feels like things aren’t moving as quickly as we’d hoped — like growth has paused and progress has gone quiet.

But recently, I watched a sermon by Pastor Manouchka Charles called “You’d Be Surprised What Grows in the Winter,” (watch the full video if you can, it’s SO good!) and it completely shifted how I view this time of year. It reminded me that even when it looks like nothing’s growing, God is still working beneath the surface.

As you read this, I invite you to pause and think about your own season. What have you been sowing? What kind of fruit do you want to see? And what might God be cultivating right now?

1. Every Month, There’s Fruit

Fruit never appears by accident. It’s always the result of something planted.

Pastor Manouchka highlighted a scripture that’s been echoing in my heart ever since:
“Every month we shall produce fruit.” — Ezekiel 47:12

That verse reminded me how important it is to be intentional about what we’re planting. The caliber of our fruit always depends on the kind of seeds we sow. If we’re sowing seeds of fear, frustration, or doubt, we can’t expect to reap peace or joy. But when we plant faith, love, obedience, and hope, those roots eventually push through the soil and produce something beautifully aligned with God’s will.

So I want to pause and invite you—as I’m doing myself—to reflect on this:
What kind of seeds are you sowing this month?

2. Thanking God in Advance

Pastor Manouchka also spoke about thanking God for the fruit we’ll produce each month, and that hit me deeply. How often do we thank Him only after we see results—after a breakthrough, a door opens, or an answer comes? The truth is, real faith thanks Him beforehand.

Now, at the start of each month, I whisper,
“God, thank You for the fruit that’s coming.”

Perhaps you can try this too. Gratitude in advance keeps our hearts soft and our perspective aligned, saying, “God, I trust You—even in the soil stage.”

3. The Seeds We’re Called to Sow

Fruit doesn’t happen by accident — it’s cultivated. Pastor Manouchka broke this down so clearly: there are specific seeds we’re called to sow if we want to bear fruit in every season.

a.) Seeds of Time

Time is one of the greatest investments we can make. How we spend it shows what we truly value. Let’s use it intentionally — in prayer, reading the word, serving others, learning, resting when needed. One thing I can say confidently and wholeheartedly, is time spent with God is never wasted.

b.) Seeds of God’s Word

“The greatest thing you can ever do in life is get God’s Word in your heart.”
His Word is the seed that transforms everything. When Scripture takes root and shapes our heart posture, it’s the catalyst to the kind of fruit our lives bear.

c.) Seeds of Praise

Praise is a seed too — and often, the hardest to sow. Especially when life doesn’t look the way we hoped. But every time we choose worship over worry, we plant faith where fear used to live. Praise prepares the ground for miracles.

d.) Seeds of Tears

This one is tender but powerful. Not all growth feels joyful — sometimes, it’s watered by tears. Psalm 126:5 says, “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.”  God uses even our heartbreak as a seed for healing and future harvest.

4. Sowing in Every Season

Pastor Manouchka said it best: “You’d be surprised what grows in the winter.”
Just because things look dormant doesn’t mean they’re dead. Beneath the surface, roots are deepening and faith is maturing.

So wherever you are — spring, summer, fall, or winter — keep sowing. Don’t let the chill of your current circumstances convince you that nothing good can grow here. You might be standing in the very soil where your next season of fruit is forming.

5. My Prayer, Affirmation and Your Invitation

Here’s the posture I’m choosing this year:

• I will sow something every month — time, Word, praise, or even tears.

• I will thank God for fruit before I see it.

• I will trust that He brings life in every season, not just the easy ones.

And I want to invite you to join me.

Because the promise is still true: “Every month, we shall produce fruit.”

Let’s be the kind of people who believe that no matter the season, something good is growing.

XO,

The Kléi