Key Scripture: John 15:7. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. Key Idea: The Whole place of the branch in the vine is one of unceasing prayer. Without intermission it is ever calling: “O my vine, send the… Continue reading What You Will, Day 15
Tag: Abiding
Withered Branches, Day 14
Key Scripture: John 15:6. “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. Key Idea: The lessons these words teach are very simple and very solemn. A man can come to such a… Continue reading Withered Branches, Day 14
Much Fruit, Day 12
Key Scripture: John 15:15b. … He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; … Key Idea: A law can compel work: only love can spontaneously bring forth fruit. Work implies effort and labor: the essential idea of fruit is that it is the silent natural restful produce of our inner life.… Continue reading Much Fruit, Day 12
I the Vine, Day 10
Key Scripture: John 15:5a. “I am the vine, you are the branches. … –NKJ Key Idea: … the lesson, simple as it appears, it is the key of the abiding life–that the only way to obey the command, “Abide in me,” is to have eye and heart fixed upon Himself. –Murray Pray for revelation: “I… Continue reading I the Vine, Day 10
Except You Abide, Day 9
Key Scripture: John 15:4b. … As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. –NKJ Key Idea: There is but one way for the branch to bear fruit, there is no other possibility, it must abide in unbroken communion with the vine.… Continue reading Except You Abide, Day 9
Abide, Day 8
Key Scripture: John 15:4a. “Abide in Me, and I in you. … Key Idea: “Abide in me”: that refers more to that which we have to do. We have to trust and obey, to detach ourselves from all else, to reach out after Him and cling to Him, to sink ourselves into Him. — Murray… Continue reading Abide, Day 8
Only a Branch
Closing Thought. ONLY A BRANCH “I am the vine, ye are the branches.” –John 15:5 “Tis only a little Branch, A thing so fragile and weak, But that little Branch hath a message true To give, could it only speak. “I’m only a little Branch, I live by a life not mine, For the sap… Continue reading Only a Branch