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Everybody loves fruit, and many chase after it. Fruit not coming from a good root is not sustainable. It tastes good enough to keep you racing after it, yet will leave you wanting. What we should be after is the root, the foundation of all good fruit. The root foundations of God produce a sustainable and unlimited harvest. Seek first the Root of the Kingdom of God for fruit that abounds and for fruit that remains.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everybody loves fruit, and many chase after it. Fruit not coming from a good root is not sustainable. It tastes good enough to keep you racing after it, yet will leave you wanting. What we should be after is the root, the foundation of all good fruit. The root foundations of God produce a sustainable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ricciardelli"],"yoast_head":"\nChase the Root and Not the Fruit by Robert Ricciardelli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everybody loves fruit, and many chase after it. Fruit not coming from a good root is not sustainable. 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