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I’m working on a book that I hope to finish by the end of the year: it will be called Everyone on the Wall, starting with Nehemiah 3, where, when they built the wall, nearly everyone was involved. It’s been on hold for a while, and part of the reason has been this blog! I’m getting the hang of producing a blog EVERY DAY(!), but in so doing, I haven’t quite figured out how to keep the book writing going.

That said, one of the problems may be that God stalled the book production until some ideas that need to be in the book came together. Among those are the 6Ms of Fruitfulness on the Frontline by Mark Greene and Holy Moments from The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity by Matthew Kelly, both of which I’ve written about in this blog. 

But just today, I’ve modified the 6Ms! Here they are, as Mark lists them, ways God can use me as I’m fruitful on the frontline:

• Model godly character
• Make good work
• Minister grace and love
• Mold culture
• be a Mouthpiece for truth and justice
• be a Messenger of the gospel

All good things, but we missed one! There are two ways to increase the amount of fruit in the world. I need to bear all the fruit I can:

Every branch that bears fruit he prunes that it may bear more fruit. (John 15.2, ESV)

The other way to increase the amount of fruit in the world is to help other bear fruit! So let’s add the 7th M: Make disciples! We increase fruit, for example, by making good work AND by helping others understand that making good work is the godly and fruitful thing to do. By creating all the Holy Moments we can and also by helping others understand how they can create Holy Moments.

By this is my Father glorified that you bear much fruit; so will you be my disciples…You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit… (John 15.8, 16, NKJV)