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"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you."
When Jesus spoke, His audience hung on His every word. Can the same be said of us today? I believe it can!
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After Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, He began to teach those who gathered around Him. Luke records that “all the people hung on His words” (Luke 19:48).
I believe that one of the main…
If you really want to know the heart of a person, listen to them pray.
Word of Life, by Millard Sheets
“I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you, for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent…
John 1:9 This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him. 12 However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God’s children, 13 who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man’s desire, but from the will of God.
14 The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father’s unique Son, who is full of grace and truth. 15 John told the truth about him when he cried out, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he existed before me.’”
"How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? [And] if you do not believe [His] writings, how will you believe my words?"
Praying the words of Jesus is an exercise in humility, worship, & love
It’s been said that we are each to be a little Jesus—to function as Christ’s presence to those we encounter. When we say this we do not mean that we are special as if we are the “only begotten son” of John 3:16. We are trying to convey that we are children of God. To be a little Jesus to others is not sacrilegious; it’s being faithful.
People have also suggested praying Scripture, which is a…