I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]. You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you]. Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
John 15:1-5
Usually , this Scriptures comes with pictures of grapes and vines,
We don,t have grapes in Singapore, so this is a visual aide to learning, sort of photo.
On 21st Wednesday , , September 2016 , a Teacher friend reminded me on a few things, which spoke right into my heart ;
“In the past, I had made my status , my god,
I had made money , my god,
in fact, for people from Special Forces, they had made themselves to be gods.
High , mighty and lofty , and in severe need of pruning for the soul, spirit , ego .
We are works in progress.
Our identity need to come from God.
I am a child of God.
Love by The Father.
My Source and my strength.
In whom I live and I breathe.
We go thru a process of pruning,
To get rid of things that holds us down.
To prune away things that we put our security in,
Because, only God, is the real security.
He is ever-present and our source of help.
You need to let go of what once hold you down, and lean on, trust in Jesus.
Only Jesus, and nothing else.
Tan Kok Siang
22nd September 2016
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