Have you ever tasted a delicious grape or some other piece of fruit that was especially tasty? Chances are that if you have, you didn’t burst out in praise for a branch that the fruit grew on. You might have declared how much you like the variety of fruit, complimented the person who selected it, […]

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Self promotion will always be a temptation for anyone that has a desire to succeed. We will betempted to be impatient and take matters into our own hands to advance ourselves. We must trustGod to lift us however high He wants us to go and to do it in His time. Likewise, we should becontent […]

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We have learned that abiding in Christ means remaining in close, consistent fellowship with Him. It is living in complete dependence on Him for all things at all times because you realize that apart from Him, you can do nothing, and you are a branch that will wither and come to a wasted end. But […]

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In John 15:2, Jesus said the Father would remove the unfruitful branches from the Vine. The unfruitful branch is the Christian who does not live as a dependent on Jesus and who is not walking in consistent, close fellowship. That Christian is still saved, but there is a loss of fellowship and fruitfulness. They are […]

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For anyone to put themselves in danger, especially a life or death situation, they must have a good reason for it. David understood that the glory of God was at stake, and that was the best reason to get in the fight. When we face the enemy with faith-filled courage, God gives us victory, and […]

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“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5) When a person trusts Christ as their Savior, he is placed in Christ, and Christ dwells in them so that His eternal life […]

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