Jesus is the REAL vine.
Jesus has planted us in him and grafted us to be connected in him so that we may have eternal life.
Jesus has joined our life to his life so that we will live like him and bear fruit to glorify God.
To follow Jesus is to REMAIN faithfully in him.
To be a disciple of Jesus is to REST in his presence and find COMPLETE contentment in His love.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. (John 15:1)
4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
(John 15:4-8)
May we rest in Jesus in every moment of every day.
May we cling to Jesus in easy times and in tough times.
May we feed on Jesus as the only way to gain strength, life and sustenance for every day.
May Jesus' life be the blood that courses through our veins.
May Jesus' body be the bread that we eat and live on as our source of nutrition and growth.
May we faithfully remain in Jesus no matter how challenging and tough the context and circumstances around us try to move us away from believing, trusting and following Him.
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