You see the BOOK and open it.
The RED LETTERS get your attention,
so you have to stop to read them.
And oh they jump off the pages
as they become so
ALIVE
because they go right to your tender
HEART,
bringing JESUS right next to you.
You finally grasp the meaning of
BLOOMING WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
because JESUS comes right out and tells you~
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
The one who abides in ME, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from ME,
you can do nothing" (John 15:5).
To ABIDE~
To REMAIN IN.
To DWELL IN.
To BE PLANTED IN
the
LIVING STREAM
that
keeps you alive
to thrive
to
GROW FRUIT
that is
GOOD FRUIT
that is
EVERLASTING FRUIT
that is
yours & mine when we are attached to the right
VINE
because
you will
BLOOM
whatever you are
PLANTED IN.
Are you
PLANTED IN UNFORGIVENESS?
Oh you will
BLOOM BITTERNESS.
Are you
PLANTED IN DOUBT?
Oh you will
BLOOM DESPAIR.
Are you
PLANTED IN REJECTION?
You will BLOOM ANGER.
What are you PLANTED IN?
Are you PLANTED IN JESUS~
ABIDING IN THE ONE
who
asks you to ABIDE IN HIM
so that
you will
BLOOM
"the FRUIT of THE SPIRIT [the result of HIS presence within us]"*
HIS BLOOMING FRUIT that is~
"LOVE [unselfish concern for others],
JOY,
[inner] PEACE,
PATIENCE [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting],
KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS,
GENTLENESS, SELF CONTROL."* (Galatians 5:22-23).
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
that we can not produce on our own
no matter how hard we try to grow them on our own.
For I know that I can never grow grapes on my body
no matter how hard I try, and oh how I have tried.
But all we have to do is
ABIDE IN~
TO REMAIN IN
the
ONE who produces the possible in the impossible
as
LOVE,
JOY,
PEACE,
PATIENCE
KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS,
GENTLENESS, SELF CONTROL
are ours in every moment.
JESUS makes it so simple
as HE is never stingy on sharing HIS GIFTS~
“Live IN ME. Make your home IN ME just as I do IN you.
In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with ME" (John 15:4).
What or who are you ABIDING IN?
Oh my friend,
experience every piece of
FRUIT
that is yours
when you simply
REMAIN PLANTED IN JESUS
and
"Let your roots grow down into HIM, and let your lives be built on HIM" (Colossians 2:7)
so that you will experience ALL who JESUS IS in ALL things.
There is only one way and it begins with~
"I'LL FIX MY EYES"
(listen to the song below)
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