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...
When We Keep Making the Same Mistakes…
Don't you just hate it when you keep repeating the same goofy mistakes over and over again? You may remember this verse and picture from last week's post. As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. Proverbs 26:11...
Five Not-to-Miss Verses to Pray for Your Kids This Year
More on Praying My Kids Back to School Here in Virginia we are starting our second week of school. One week down and many, many to go. While it is still on my mind, I want to continue to share some great verses for praying our kids back to...
Three Cool Verses for Praying My Kids Back to School
Ready for School It is that time of year when school buses rev their engines and back packs are pulled out of summer-time storage in the bottom of the closet. ( I am hoping no one is getting an early start on a science project growing in the...