September 16th

September 16th -- John 15:1-16

Read the passage!

Okay, more emphasis on two topics I've pointed out recently. Since I'm really tired I am just gonna' sum them up fast.

1) We can't do anything apart from God. If we're the branches, he's the vine. If you cut a new little branch from a vine off and leave it, it can't do anything on its own but slowly die. This is the same way with us and God. If we do not have God, all it will lead to is death. To live (looking on an eternal level) we must be near to Him and to be near to Him we must love Him. Our proof of this is to obey His commandments. So be obeying them so you are not seen as a branch that needs to be pruned from the vine, being left to die and be burned.

2) Love each other. That command keeps coming up. We are told our following God's commands will prove our love for Him - He has commanded us to love each other. But more so (as mentioned a few posts ago or so) to love each other as He loved/loves us. That's a lot of love. That's hard. As people we're sometimes far from easy to love. It's not in our human nature to love, either. We need God for that. We need Him to give us that ability to love the unlovable. Ask and it will be given. If you are having trouble loving, ask God to help you love that person/those people you cannot seem to love. He will. After all, He does want you to.

Hopefully these themes are really sticking in your head by now! Haha!

God bless! Shalom!