Today’s Encouragement is John 15:5a NLT Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches.
You are the Branches –
(continuing – Who I Am in Christ)
A few weeks we looked at this verse. Today let’s focus on the branch. It is useless on its own, except to be burned. If not attached the Source, the Vine in this case, it dies. But when we are attached to the Vine, to God, we draw life from Him… we grow, we become stronger, and we bear good healthy fruit… we are truly fully alive!
And We are the Branches! Attached to Jesus… In the ESV, Verse 1 Jesus says, “I am the True Vine”. And it is the Branch that bears fruit! We are productive, useful, beneficial when we are attached to Jesus, our Source, and then we bear good fruit!
My friend, nothing and no one else can offer this to us! Others may claim to have found ‘the way’ to live, to happiness, to prosperity, to health… but no one else has offered such a comprehensive promise to us! The promise of Eternal Life with God… only Jesus, only the True Vine!
Father, thank You for providing such amazing, clear, and profound Truth. We are truly grateful at our best, to be attached securely and eternally to Jesus, the True Vine. Thank You that You keep us near, Father, attached, drawing life, hope, strength, and health from the True Vine of Jesus our Lord.
I Am The Vine
John Michael Talbot
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