“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 REFERENCE John 15:1-5 One characteristic of life is that ‘all living things grow and develop.’ God planted you in this world because He desires you to grow and be fruitful. However, […]

Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7 (AMPC) REFERENCE Colossians 2:6-10 (AMPC) The need to be […]

And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy; and they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while; then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the […]

And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. Isaiah 37:31   REFERENCE Isaiah 37:31 Rootedness is the quality of being rooted or firmly established. The root is the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the […]

“Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”” Matthew 27:64 REFERENCE Matthew 27:45-50 & 62-66   Jesus died on a […]

Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful – I Corinthians 4:2   REFERENCE I Corinthians 4:2&7   A steward is someone employed to manage the property of another person. Every true believer must know that all He has belongs to God and he has only been given those things to manage. […]

And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to their surprise no one was there. – II Kings 7:5   REFERENCE II Kings 7:1-8 God never planned a day of defeat for you. He did not plan for […]

So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this…’ Matthew 13:27-28 REFERENCE Matthew 13:24-30 Some Christians sometimes erroneously believe that when something evil happens to them, God is […]

“Also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God” Ezra 6:5 REFERENCE Ezra 6:1-12 The prelude to this account started when King Cyrus […]

For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. – Philippians 1:23   REFERENCE Philippians 1:21-23 Death is one of the grim realities we all have to deal with at some point in this life – of a friend or family member or a […]