The Vine and the Branches
15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.I could barely leave anything un bolded. John 15 is just THAT good. Oh man, So good.
God is faithful in all he does.
He spoke and it came to be.
The promises of the Lord standFIRM .
Use the talents that God has given you to connect with others. Not everyone can connect with anyone. Be firm in what you believe and follow God into the abyse, into the darkness, into the unknown, changes in life, new adventures, and new talents/hobbies, possibly ones you've never been interested in before or even given the time of day.
All for the glory of God.
All to the glory of God.
You're scared of these new surroundings. This darkness that has overtaken your life. You don't know what to do next. Dont worry, 'THAT' that you're in right now, Ya, GOD created that. God's got your back, take a deep breath and go to sleep. Leave the worrying up to God.
Live in his light.
Live in his glory.
Jesus came and lived with us, walked with us, died with us, so he could relate to us.
Similar to how we will be viewed from the Panamanians
Be Fruitful.
Proverbs 11:30 "The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life..."
If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Galatians 5:26
Be still and know that I am God - Calm your heart.
John 6:68: If God wants me somewhere then I should go there. Where else would I go?
The Gospel requires a response.
&& how one plants the seeds, one waters and GOd provides the Increase.
Even if it seems like people are not responding, they are hearing the message, possibly and probably, for the first time.
Todd & Steve are just seeing the fruit of their labor form '08
2 Peter 1:5-8 'If you are all these things, you will be effective.'
God will use this. These little conversations.
I heard someone say that they don;t eat to be full, they eat to stay alive.
Isn't that so much like our faith in Jesus? We eat the word to stay alive, to stay strong in our faith and not give in to simple temptations from the enemy. Where we are just full for a small time and then what? The enemy will continue to fill us up with superficial food? fake? deceiving? Dont eat to be full, Eat to stay alive.
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