“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
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“Left to itself a vine will produce a good deal of unproductive growth.
For maximum fruitfulness extensive pruning is essential.”
Leon Morris
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The suffering of this life not only can make our temperament
more like the Divine Personality of Jesus, but it detaches us from this world.
This Divine preparation opens our souls to the working and pruning of the Father.
Mother Angelica
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When God prunes us, the result will be greater growth and sweeter fruit…
Pruning usually takes place when God uses situations, people, and circumstances
to help mature us in our Christian disposition, attitude, and temperament…
The way we respond when we are pruned reveals our true level of spiritual maturity.
Bunny Wilson
[Taken from: Biblical Womanhood in the Home by Nancy Leigh DeMoss]***
Grateful people learn to celebrate even amid life’s hard and harrowing memories
because they know that pruning is no mere punishment, but preparation.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
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The vinedresser is never nearer the branches then when he is pruning them.
David Jeremiah