Good morning. I am the vine, you
are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for
apart from Me you can do nothing. No matter what “great“ thing we do or how
perfect we live, we can take no credit and cannot brag. It is all Jesus! If
anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and
they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. Whoa! That
sounds ominous. Want to get your prayers answered? If you abide in Me, and My
words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. That
sounds simple – but not easy. As I said before, people are looking for some
formula to get their prayers answered. This does not mean just reading the
Bible every day and going to church on Sunday morning. You have to stay
constantly in tune with Him. That along with allowing His word to become a part
of you means that you don’t have to worry about asking something that is not in
His will. When we know and follow Him as we should, then we will only be asking
things that are His will. Of course that is not is easy as it sounds ha ha, and
takes a long time to perfect. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear
much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Remember that pruning is necessary
to bear the fruit. Bearing fruit may include winning others to Jesus, but it is
not limited to that. Remember the fruit of the Spirit. That fruit takes a long
time to develop. Father thank You that the reader abides in Jesus and bears
much fruit. Go with him/her and his/her family and answer all of his/her
prayers!
Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God
Good morning. While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. Jesus was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men. Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. It doesn’t say, but I assume it is still during this time of the Passover. This man came to Jesus by night. Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do the signs that You do unless God is with him. It just said that the people believed in His name because of the signs He was doing; yet it does not say what those signs were. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. That is why unbelievers cannot tell what is of the kingdom of God and what is not – they’re not born again. Nicodemus doesn’t have a clue. How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he? Unless one is born of water and the Spirit ...
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