Love of God Unstoppable
Just as waves never stop, God’s love never fails. 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…...
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
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. “–John 15:7 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...
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!...
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
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine dresser. John 15:1 My son is helping me put together some new furniture for our porch. We hauled the heavy box out of the car, opened it up, and began taking out the pieces. Lots of...
Life on the Vine: Lessons in Abiding Part 1
“Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. I am the...
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...