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Abide in Jesus to Bear much Fruit.

11/22/2019

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John 15:1-27 (ESV)  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.  2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.  4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.  5  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.  6  If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.  7  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  8  By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.  9  As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.  10  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.  11  These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.  12  “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  13  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  14  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  15  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.  16  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.  17  These things I command you, so that you will love one another.  18  “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  19  If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  20  Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.  21  But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.  22  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.  23  Whoever hates me hates my Father also.  24  If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.  25  But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’  26  “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.  27  And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

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“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.”

11/22/2019

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John 14:21 (ESV)  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

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As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another

11/22/2019

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1 Peter 4:10-11 (ESV)  As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:  11  whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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Prayer: That your love may abound with knowledge and discernment

11/19/2019

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Philippians 1:9-11 (ESV)  And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,  10  so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,  11  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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You may have PEACE in Christ, tribulation in the world

11/19/2019

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John 16:32-33 (ESV)  Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.  33  I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

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Fear Not, God is with You!

11/19/2019

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Isaiah 41:8-20 (ESV)  But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;  9  you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”;  10  fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  11  Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.  12  You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.  13  For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”  14  Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.  15  Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;  16  you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.  17  When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.  18  I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.  19  I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,  20  that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.



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Rejoice! Aim for restoration. Comfort one another. Agree with one another. Live in peace.

11/19/2019

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2 Corinthians 13:11-12 (ESV)  Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.  12  Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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Whatever you ask in prayer, BELIEVE you have received it

11/19/2019

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Mark 11:24 (ESV)  Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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You have been saved by GRACE, through FAITH

11/19/2019

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Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV)  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,  9  not a result of works, so that no one may boast.  10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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Bear with the failings of the weak

11/19/2019

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Romans 15:1 (ESV)
1  We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Pray the Word: Psalm 119 - Pray through this

10/22/2019

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Psalms 119 (ESV)
1  Aleph Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD!
2  Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
3  who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
4  You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5  Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
6  Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7  I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
8  I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!
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October 15th, 2019

10/15/2019

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Psalm 100

1  Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

2  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

3  Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

5  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
​(NIV)

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Taking every thought captive

9/30/2019

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2 Corinthians 5
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

One of the big areas of spiritual battle in this life is in our minds, our 
thoughts.

We must learn to take every thought into captivity for obedience to Christ.

Our thoughts come from many sources.  Our thoughts can come from what our parents said to us, either as a child or as an adult.  Parental pronouncements can have a huge impact on our view of ourselves, rooted deeply in our emotions thus increasing the influence they can have on our opinion and view of ourselves.

Similarly, friends or acquaintances from our daily life can say things to us or about us that have a huge impact on how we see ourselves.

Furthermore, in many ways ideas are promoted which may or may not be true, but said enough times, can tend to influence our opinions about ourselves, our world, our circumstances, etc.

The Bible also reveals that the devil himself can speak to us and plant ideas in us that are 
destructive and deceptive, seeking to cause us harm.

In addition to all of this, our flesh, our pride, our desires, and even sins such as jealousy, envy, selfish ambition, and fear can influence what we think and say and do.

Because of these many sources of potentially false and destructive thoughts and ideas, we must learn to cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive for obedience to Christ.



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Pray: Strengthened in power, rooted and grounded in love

6/5/2019

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"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."  Ephesians 3:14-21 (ESV)
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“My power is made perfect in weakness.”

6/5/2019

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"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."  2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (ESV)

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Remain steadfast in difficulty, and you will get a crown

5/22/2019

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"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him."  James 1:12 (ESV)
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Consider your difficulties as joy, and ask God for wisdom

5/22/2019

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"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."  James 1:2-8 (ESV)
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It takes a lot of people to accomplish big visions

5/21/2019

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Proverbs 14:28 (ESV)  In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
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The Lord is a stronghold

5/13/2019

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9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9.9-10 ESV

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Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

3/31/2019

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Philippians 3 (ESV)  1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. 2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained. 17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
​4.1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

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Joy in the face of trials

12/13/2018

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1 Peter 1.3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4  to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,
5  who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6  Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials.
7  that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
8  whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--
9  receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Have unity and humility of mind, sympathy, love, and  a tender heart

12/13/2018

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1 Peter 3.8 ESV Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
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Keep loving one another fervently

12/13/2018

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1 Peter 4.7-9 ESV  The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
8  Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
9  Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

Life is short. The time you have with family and friends and in this world, is short. Even if the end of this age is not in the next few months, years or decades, our time on earth is short, like a vapor that appears for a moment and then is gone. Therefore, seeing that our time on earth is so short, we should live lives of self-control and be sober-minded for the sake of prayer.  Prayer is a vital aspect of having healthy relationships with people.  There are fleshly motivations, self-centered perspectives, as well as active and intelligent demonic forces that seek to destroy fellowship between people and with God.  So we must live self-controlled, sober-mined lives for the sake of good prayer, focused prayer and effective prayer.  An important part of having good fellowship with God and people is having a good prayer life.

Loving one another earnestly means our relationships can survive a multitude of sins, because love covers a multitude of sins.  This does not mean that we condone sin, but it means that our relationships with others can survive the reality of sin, with which we all have to battle.  Without earnest, sincere and authentic love, relationships will be poisoned by the reality of sin.  No one is perfect, though we strive for perfection.  If we expect others to be perfect, to never sin, to never disappoint us, to never hurt us, to never misunderstand us or misinterpret our motives or our words, then relationship will suffer, and possibly disintegrate.  Why are there so many broken relationships?  Why so many broken friendships, broken marriages, rifts between parents and children, siblings and church members?  Probably because sin is a malady that affects us all, and unless we learn to love one another fervently, this reality of sin, this poison of sin, will destroy relationships.  If we learn to love one another earnestly, relationships can survive and even thrive in spite of our continuing struggle to overcome selfishness and the messiness of human frailty.

​We should show hospitality without grumbling, and this is more than just having people over for a drink or a meal.  Hospitality is sometimes thought of as entertaining, throwing a party, or having friends over.  It may be that in a superficial way, but remember that hospitality has the word “hospital” in it.  Showing hospitality means to help people in the midst of their pain, to minister to people in the midst of their weakness and infirmity, to help people find strength and healing in their struggle with injury.  If we think of hospitality as that of working with a patient at a hospital, we will probably be far more patient with those we live around, live with, and are called to love.  Most people have suffered some kind of trauma in their lives, somewhere along the way, whether in childhood, in a work setting, among friends, or even at church.  Many people live in a state of emotional or spiritual or relational handicap due to these hurts and traumas either from the past or in the present.  If we can approach our relationship with people with kindness and understanding, a listening ear, a compassionate heart, and ideally with words and actions that can help bring healing to the heart and mind, then we will experience a deep fellowship with others as we become a conduit of the love and healing that God can bring through us.
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Rid yourselves of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander

12/9/2018

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“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.” 1 Peter 2.1
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The Lord does not forsake those who seek Him

9/24/2018

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9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. 
Psalms 9:9-10 ESV
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