Planting a Vineyard: Living In Him Abiding, Willingness, and Trust “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” — John 15:5 Jesus does not ask us to strive harder or perform better.He invites us to abide . A branch cannot bear fruit by effort.It bears fruit by remaining connected to the vine. That is the foundation of everything: In Him. In Him. In Him. Who We Are In Christ Ephesians 1 paint

Are you? Innocent? Not me? What is innocence? According to the Miriam Webster Online Dictionary the word Innocence can be defined as: “freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense”, “freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil” or “lack of worldly experience or sophistication”. How often have you heard, perhaps even said or thought: I have lost my innocence! It seems the world wants us to look at innocence as something: lost,         gone,     

You Are Not What You Wear. We are deeply valuable to God. But sometimes we confuse ourselves. We start believing that we are what we wear. Yet that is not the truth — because the clothes we wear can always be taken off again. So often we put on jackets and coats that were never meant for us. They do not fit us. They were never chosen by our Father. Instead, we picked them up somewhere along the road — found in a dustbin, collected on a detour, or handed to us by someone else

“May you be able to comprehend, together with all the saints, what is the width and length and height and depth of the love of Christ.” – Ephesians 3:18 How Deep To understand God’s love, we must first make God as big as we possibly can in our thoughts. Psalm 145:3 says: “Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom.” Elevated thoughts — go big. Your biggest thoughts will still never reach the greatness of God. Force yourself to make God as big

RAIN Isaiah 55:10–11 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace.” God’s Word comes down to eart