Still Bearing Fruit Every Day is a devotional journey that invites readers to rediscover God's calling in every season of life. It is built on a simple but powerful conviction: growing older is never a reason to stop growing, learning, serving, praying, giving, mentoring, or becoming a blessing to others. Retirement from a career does not mean retirement from God's calling, and youth is not an excuse to postpone obedience.
Through the lives of biblical figures such as Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Abraham, Daniel, Paul, John, Anna, Simeon, and many others, each devotion begins by exploring the biblical setting and meaning before moving toward personal reflection and practical application. Readers are invited to see how God works through seasons of waiting, failure, transition, hidden preparation, renewed courage, spiritual legacy, and faithful perseverance.
The book is also enriched by real-life stories from family, ministry, education, mentoring, and encounters with older men and women whose vision remained alive even when their bodies had grown older. Among them is a ninety-two-year-old man who still dreamed of building a place to restore troubled young people, a mother approaching ninety who continues to pray faithfully and use technology to stay connected with Christian fellowship, and stories of retirement, intergenerational discipleship, lifelong learning, writing, and passing faith to the next generation.
This devotional is not only for people in their fifties, sixties, seventies, or beyond. Younger readers are equally invited to begin building a life today that will still bear fruit decades from now. Each page encourages readers to ask deeper questions: What is God still asking me to do? Whom am I preparing for the future? What faith, wisdom, and testimony will remain after I am gone?
Written in a warm, reflective, Scripture-centered style, Still Bearing Fruit Every Day encourages readers not merely to count the years of life, but to recognize the opportunities still entrusted to them. As long as God gives another day, there is still time to love, pray, learn, serve, disciple, write, give, build, encourage, and bear fruit for His glory.
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Dr. Davy Ronald Hermanus, Ph.D. is a Christian teacher, ministry practitioner, and writer whose work brings together biblical teaching, Spirit-empowered ministry, discipleship, education, and engagement with the challenges of the modern world.
His ministry journey has included preaching, training, prayer for healing, mentoring, and service in local and international settings. He is especially concerned that the church remain centered on Jesus Christ, grounded in Scripture, open to the work of the Holy Spirit, and equipped to carry the gospel of the kingdom into everyday life.
The Kingdom of God Is Near reflects his desire to leave a spiritual inheritance for families, churches, and a generation living amid rapid cultural and technological change. His central message is that Jesus Christ remains Lord, the gospel remains the power of God unto salvation, and the kingdom of God remains the hope the world urgently needs.