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I have racked my brain and prayed about what to write this final week only to be left completely stumped! I've considered encouraging verses, caring for our bodies, our motivations, or our identity as believers and followers of Jesus Christ. Yet nothing seems right. One thing is always right though. God's Word is powerful on it's own, so I am leaving you some Scripture to meditate or chew on. Simply read, re-read, and pray over these words:
John 15:5-17
“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. 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. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.
Lord Jesus, I praise and thank You for coming to earth out of Your love and submission to the Father. Thank You for telling us through Your disciples and word what you want us to do. Please give us the strength and power to abide solely in You, to love You fully, and to faithfully love others, producing fruit that will last for Your glory. Amen.
I have racked my brain and prayed about what to write this final week only to be left completely stumped! I've considered encouraging verses, caring for our bodies, our motivations, or our identity as believers and followers of Jesus Christ. Yet nothing seems right. One thing is always right though. God's Word is powerful on it's own, so I am leaving you some Scripture to meditate or chew on. Simply read, re-read, and pray over these words:
John 15:5-17
“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. 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. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.
Lord Jesus, I praise and thank You for coming to earth out of Your love and submission to the Father. Thank You for telling us through Your disciples and word what you want us to do. Please give us the strength and power to abide solely in You, to love You fully, and to faithfully love others, producing fruit that will last for Your glory. Amen.
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