“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.But…
Author: Pam R
Producing Fruit
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But…
Pruned for Fruitfulness
You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.John 15:3-4 NLT *** The amount of time we spend with…
Being Pruned
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. John 15: 1-3 NLT I was lying on the couch that cold March afternoon in 1993, looking for something…
Pruning
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. John 15:1-2 NLT *** “Left to itself a vine will produce a good deal of unproductive growth. For maximum fruitfulness…
Our Father, the Gardener
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.John 15:1-2 NLT * Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if…
A Garden Prayer
When you feel down because things aren’t going well … Today the world seemed cruel, but evening hoursWere filled with perfume from forgotten flowers.I saw again familiar filigreeOf moonlight through my lacy Lilac tree;I heard the robins stirring in their nest;And saw the path that fairy feet had pressed;Reflected stars were in my garden pool;On…
A Plant in God’s Garden
But the godly will flourish like palm treesand grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house.They flourish in the courts of our God.Psalm 92:12-13 NLT *** God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows. Jeremy Taylor *** God plants a unique set of gifts within each of us,…
God’s Garden
God is still planting gardens. He still tasks us with tending them. I have a sense of urgency when I plant, trying to get things into the ground as quickly as possible so God can take care of them with the soil, sun and rain He provides. Yet I am not finished – there’s still…
In the Beginning …
God Planted a Garden. Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit….