“ I am the vine, and My Father is the gardener. He cuts every branch that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. Y ou are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭1-‭4‬, ‭NIV‬‬. In the Greek the other word for pruning is to clea

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets,” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭12‬, ‭NIV‬‬. I have a good friend who makes delicious sour dough bread. It’s not only delicious, but it’s also gluten-free. My family actually loves her bread more than any other gluten filled bread. When a loaf appears, it doesn’t last long. The other day I was thinking about this bread and grew hungry. Then a few days later she texted and said, “I

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it,” Hebrews 12:12, NIV. Why do we wrinkle our nose at discipline? Why do we avoid it and actually get angry when we feel it thrust upon us? I looked up discipline and found these meanings: 1: control gained by enforced obedience or order 2: behavior in accordance with rules: orderly conduct 3: self-control//lacked the

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross,” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭14‬, ‭NIV‬‬. Recently we sang a “new to me” song at church, and one of the lines hit me like a ton of bricks: “There is a cross made for you.” I thought, I know Jesus died for my