If there is one word that sums up what Jesus asks of his followers, it’s“fruitfulness”. It’s a significant and important word, because it’s verydifferent from the values that we usually use to direct our lives.Fruitfulness is not synonymous with success. Fruitfulness is not the sameas “winning” or “achieving” or “accomplishing”. In fact, if we readJesus’Continue reading “Remaining”
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Without Him We Can Do Nothing
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing (John 15:5, NKJV). Throughout the Bible and Jewish literature, the vine is a popular symbol of union and fruitfulness (see John 15:1-17). The Jews regarded it as theContinue reading “Without Him We Can Do Nothing”