Abide in the Vine - May 21
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🗓️ 21 May 2019
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Summary
The absolute, most important single act of the children of God is making space to encounter our heavenly Father in the secret place. Abiding in God is the foundation on which every other aspect of the Christian life finds success. It establishes roots which enable us to receive all that we need to bear the fruit of the Spirit. It guides us to constant refreshment and revival in God’s presence, thereby supplying and sustaining the abundant life God intends for us. My prayer is that you would be marked by wonderful, satisfying, and fulfilling encounters with the presence of God as we look at John 15:1-17 this week.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 15:4, and today's worship is Abide by Housefires feat. Nate Moore.
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| 0:00.0 | The absolute most important single act of the children of God is making space to encounter a |
| 0:11.1 | heavenly father in the Secret Place. |
| 0:14.0 | Abiding in God is the foundation on which every other aspect of the Christian life |
| 0:20.0 | find success. |
| 0:21.0 | It establishes roots which enable us to receive all that we need to bear |
| 0:27.0 | the fruit of the spirit. It guides us to constant refreshment and revival in God's presence, thereby supplying and sustaining |
| 0:36.7 | the abundant life that God intends for us. |
| 0:40.1 | My prayer is that you would be marked by wonderful, satisfying, and fulfilling encounters |
| 0:46.5 | with the presence of God as we look at John 15, 1-17 this week. |
| 0:52.1 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our scripture for today comes from John 15 verse 4 where Jesus says |
| 1:18.7 | Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine. |
| 1:27.2 | Neither can you unless you abide in me. I am amazed at the ways in which all of creation visibly demonstrates important |
| 1:38.7 | spiritual principles. Romans 120 says for his invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine |
| 1:48.1 | nature have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world and the things that have been made. |
| 1:57.0 | Job 12, 7 through 9, says, |
| 2:00.0 | But ask the beasts, and they will teach you, |
| 2:03.5 | the birds of the heavens and they will tell you, |
| 2:06.2 | or the bushes of the earth and they will teach you, |
| 2:09.5 | and the fish of the sea will declare to you, |
| 2:12.1 | who among all these does not know that the hand of the |
| 2:15.9 | Lord has done this. All throughout the Gospels Jesus likens spiritual principles to the surrounding creation. |
| 2:25.0 | From the parables of the mustard seed and the pearl of great price |
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