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, verses 1 through 17 this week.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast. The first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from John chapter 15 verse 4.

Scripture says,

Abide in me and I in you,

as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless

you abide in me.

I am amazed at the ways in which all of creation visibly demonstrates important spiritual

principles.

Romans 120 says, for his invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have

been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made.

Job chapter 12 verses 7 through 9 says,

But ask the beasts and they will teach you, the birds of the heavens and they will tell you,

or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you, and the bushes of the earth and they will teach you, and the

fish of the sea will declare to you, who among all these does not know that the hand

of the Lord has done this?

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