Love of God Unstoppable
What do we miss when we do not press and strain to understand more fully the practical and spiritual realities that embracing God’s love creates? Love is... "Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not...
Life on the Vine: Abide in My Love
How many ways would our lives be different if we lived every moment of every day deeply believing…remembering…enjoying God’s love for us? Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love.   John 15:9  Incredible.  Stop...
Fighting Fear: Winning the War at Home–a guest post by author Edie Melson
 FIGHTING FEAR: WINNING THE WAR AT HOME When Your Soldier Leaves for Battle Today, war is a part of life. It touches every family, as more and more have someone they care about serving in the military. Saying goodbye to a loved one...
The Discipline of an Abiding Life: Part 2
My soul wants to go the way of the weed. My soul is often lazy and does not want to change. My soul often gets things backwards and chases after the wrong thing...This is why it's vital to abide in Christ rather than just talk about it.
The Power of Pruning: Life on the Vine
...and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. John 15:2b Has this ever happened to you? Just when things seem to come together and your grape-bearing life is growing gangbusters...SNIP. "Ouch! What was that?"...
Waiting for the Harvest: Life on the Vine
 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 Life on the vine is not always an easy place to live. Certain challenges come with vine living. Fruit...
Remembering I am the Branch: Life on the Vine, Part 2
God is God, and I am not. Simple. Why is it so easy to forget this obvious truth? What difference can abiding in Christ make in your day?
Life on the Vine: Lessons in Abiding Part 1
You may be sitting there thinking, “Yeah yeah, I know I need to abide"—yet at the same time, we are running around trying to fit everything in and we are shriveling on the vine. Here's the truth, Friend, f we are too busy to abide in Christ, to have personal fellowship with Christ through the Word, then we are too busy. Period.
The Barrenness of a Busy Life
"Beware of the barrenness of a busy life." With this short, often quoted phrase, Corrie Ten Boom places her finger on the pulse of a continual challenge that seems to have a life of its own. Many of us have been subtly trained by the culture to...