Being connected to Jesus not only gives us life, but it also empowers us to bear fruit in our lives. Our main idea today is that when we are connected to Jesus, we naturally bear fruit, and His Word comes alive within us. Let’s take another look at John 15:1-8, where Jesus describes Himself as the true vine and us as the branches.
As we make his word alive in us, we know Him and his heart so as we pray our prayers are answered because we know his heart and his word lives in us and through us so there is an expectation of answered prayer
We often battle. Does God really love me? Does he see me? Does he know me? The answer to all of those questions is “Yes,” and these verses tell us that! Before you thought of or had any knowledge of God, he knew you and chose you to be exactly what he called you to be through every gift, skill, talent, and personality to bring him great pleasure
Christians should live a joy-filled life! I’m not foolish enough to believe we won’t face struggles, trials, temptations, and battles everywhere. If you are reading your Bible, you will see everywhere how so many Godly people walk through struggles with families and friends, finances and job situations, health and so much more so will we, but we have a hope and an anticipation that God is going to turn it all for our good….it is learning to get us out of the way and choosing to trust Him.
What am I talking about with such a title? Let’s look at Scripture 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that …
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To be honest, it is not really up to a secular government to restore a nation, state, or region to integrity. We are blessed if we have godly leadership, but God always calls the true men and women of God to bring a nation to integrity and wholeness.
Forget your old self, your old failures even your old dreams. God has so much more for you and remember that you belong to Christ, He lives in you now, able to use you to bring hope, wisdom, grace, insight, life, and power to every person you meet.
Jesus’ blessing for us at the beginning of his incarnation and at the end of his earthly ministry was peace! Just a few weeks ago we read this promise from Jesus… Giving peace to his disciples and all of us, He said, John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace …
Quick review over 700 years before the birth of Christ, the Holy Spirit spoke to Isaiah to bring hope to the nation that a powerful King would be born who would change the world as no leader before him could ever have done This King would be both human and …
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given;
A child is born – Jesus was fully human, he was born a child, human in every way so he might be able to be tempted in every way so he might fully understand us in our human frailty this is reflective of a verse from two chapters earlier
