*1.* “Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.” *2* “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.” *3* “For he will deliver you from the snare…
Yes, the maintaining of divine connection is crucial to being fruitful as believers! Obedience and prayer are the inputs to maintain the sacred relationship. To remain in Christ and allow His words to remain in oneself means consciously accepting and obeying the authority of His word and constant contact with Him by prayer. Such is an attitude for the maintenance of this unique relationship. Yes, all faithful, abiding devotees should expect answered prayer as part of their relationship with Jesus….
1.* “Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.” *2* “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.” *3* “For he will deliver you from the snare…
Yes, the maintaining of divine connection is crucial to being fruitful as believers! Obedience and prayer are the inputs to maintain the sacred relationship. To remain in Christ and allow His words to remain in oneself means consciously accepting and obeying the authority of His word and constant contact with Him by prayer. Such is an attitude for the maintenance of this unique relationship. Yes, all faithful, abiding devotees should expect answered prayer as part of their relationship with Jesus….
Have you not heard that the correct budding brings a fruitful network? Jesus said: “You will ask what you desire:” Our Lord connected abiding by the idea of answered prayer, as previously mentioned in John 14:13-14. What a divine connection between abiding and answered prayer. C. H. Surgeon once said, “Prayer comes spontaneously from those who abide in Jesus… Prayer is the natural outgushing of a soul in communion with Jesus.” Abiding in Jesus means abiding in His words and…
1.* “You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.” *2* “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” *3* “Through him…
God has taught us in His Word the best way to work at our most high potential and performance, in particular through empowering each other. In any case, the foe continually attempts to separate us, trick us, and beat us down. He needs to take our mental fortitude and deduct from how God is treating our lives. I’ve seen individuals get so deterred, so down, so crushed, that they can’t think straight, not to mention working against the foe. You…
Have you not heard that Before you can put on a coat of praise, you have to take off a coat of heaviness? Yes, the Scripture says to place on an article of clothing of applause for a feeling of substantial ness (Isaiah 61:3). Divinely blessed means the spirit of heaviness is in your past, and the spirit of praise has taken over fully. Yes, to remain blessed is to remain in God’s praise! A piece of clothing resembles a…
*1.* “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” *2* “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” *3* “Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.”…
John 15 uses the word “prunes”, similar to the same word translated cleanse in other places in the Scriptures. The same term could apply to either “pruning” or “cleansing” in ancient Greek. The vinedresser cleans up the fruit-bearing vine so it will bear more fruit. If you leave a vine to itself, it will produce a good deal of weak growth. For maximum fruitfulness, thorough pruning is essential. Lifeless wood is worse than fruitlessness, for dead wood can harbour infectious diseases, ailments and decay….