Why Does God Prune Us?
John 15:1-8 is a tough passage of scripture. But it’s one that we each need to hear and cannot afford to ignore.
John 15:1-8 is a tough passage of scripture. But it’s one that we each need to hear and cannot afford to ignore.
Change is one thing that does not come easy to any church. Which is pure irony; For the church is the place where God cultivates people to change. Since the inception of the church in Acts chapter 1, change has been an immense struggle. But change is what the Church desperately needs.
Whatever we are going through Jesus is with us. He is not distant. He weeps with us.d
These sayings you have definitely heard and maybe even said. But the problem is they aren’t in the Bible. Not only are they not in the Bible but believing them can hurt your faith.
We worry about small things and let little issues ruin our day. To summarize Paul tells us to not worry and be happy. God has saved us and we have nothing to fear.
In Philippians 2:1-4 Paul challenges us to move from selfish to selfless.
“Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.” 1 John 2:15-17 (NLT)