PRUNING IS GOOD

John 15:2,4“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. Remain in me and I will remain  in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine.”

The Scene: A tall pine tree with some of its branches missing, representing God’s children whom He prunes to make them stronger and better.

Jesus tells us,”Do not grumble or complain when I prune you, my children.” For pruning makes the remaining growth stronger (maturity in the Holy Spirit) and removes the dead, diseased growth (sin). (See Philippians 2:13)

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                                                            OUR GOD IS PEACE

John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my (own) peace I give you. (I now give and bequeath to you). Not as the world give do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.)”(AMP)

The Scene: Peaceful, tropical beach, the water gently lapping at the sandy shore with the sun shining and the air at the perfect temperature!

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Isaiah 32:17 “The fruit of righteousness will be peace;  the effect of righteousness shall be peace (internal & external) and the result of righteousness, quietness and confident trust forever.”(AMP)

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                                                                         RIVER OF TEARS

Luke 19:40-41 “I tell you,” he replied, ‘If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.’ As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you,  even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes.'”

The Scene: A picture of rain and a river flowing- representing Jesus’ tears, as rain. Jesus’ weeping is mentioned only three times in the Holy Scriptures.

Jeremiah 9:1 “O that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears!  I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.”

Jesus’ love for us is immeasurable. He gave His all, His life for all mankind, so that they might enjoy eternal salvation with Him and our Father God in heaven. The Lord weeps for those He loves.

Hebrews 5:7 “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.”

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                                                                                  JESUS WEPT

John 11:35 “Jesus wept.”

The Scene: Symbol of Jesus’ eye weeping.

Our God is a god of compassion; Jesus showed us his human side. We can from this relate to His grief and sorrow, not so much over Lazarus’ death, for He knew He would raise  him up; but for his family and friends who were weeping at their loss.

Matthew 15:32 ” Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me 3 days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.'”

From the seven loaves of bread and three fishes Jesus prayed and a miracle was performed, creating enough to feed the crowd of thousands. He had compassion for the people.

Read The whole story at Matthew 15:29-35. Our God is a God of no lack.

Psalm 34:9-10 “Fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”

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                                                                INSTRUMENTS OF THE LORD

Psalm 150:1,3-6 “Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with the tambourine and dancing, praise him with strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.”

The Scene: Musical instruments of King David’s time, used to give praise to the Lord: 1) sistrum, 2) trumpets 3) cymbals 4) flutes 5) coronets 6) drum 7) lyre 8) timbrel-tambourine 9) zither 10) harp and 11) people’s voices, songs.

2 Samuel 6:5 “David and his whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord with songs, and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals.”

Everything in God’s creation was made to praise the Lord. We were made to praise our God, and in so doing we become joyful and pleasing to Him.

Psalm 51:15 “O Lord open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.”

Psalm 147:1,7 “Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.”

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                                                                RECEIVE FROM ME

Job 15:20, 24-25 “All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all  the years store up for him. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him like a king poised to attack, because he shakes his fist at God and vaults himself against the Almighty.”

The Scene: A closed fist representing the lost; an open hand representing God’s hand of forgiveness and salvation offered.

The Lord desires to give everyone His gifts of love, mercy and grace–salvation and eternal life.

“A closed fist can be viewed as someone who is fearful, angry, and closed,” said the Holy Spirit. A closed fist can receive nothing from God because nothing can be placed in a closed fist.

Matthew 7:8 ” For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks the door will be opened.”

An open hand, palm up, like a little child’s hand, can receive from God all His blessings– an open hand, a sign of one who is humble and open.

Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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                                                          MAN’S FOOLISHNESS

Isaiah 45:21-22 “This is what the Lord says,’Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.'”

The Scene: A wooden carving made into an idol.

Isaiah 46:6-7 ” Some pour gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make a god and they bow down and worship it.”

Today there are many people practicing idolatry.  Idolatry takes many forms;iIt can be people, money, their own bodies, false gods, sports figures, false images like this wooden idol, animals.  Man’s idea of a god to worship is endless. But there is but one true God.

Psalm 135:15-18 “The idols of nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.”

Romans 1:22-23 “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals.”

For the results of this idolatry read Romans 1:24-32

Idol worship will not help people in their time of need. Nor will they have the love and caring which human kind both needs and seeks.

Mark 12:28-30 ” One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’  ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this:”Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'”

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                                                  ROCK OF LIVING WATER

Psalm 114:7-8 “Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.”

The Scene: A type and shadow of Jesus the Christ as a rock of water representing the Word of God. This same scene is played out many times in the Holy Scriptures, beginning in the first book of the Bible (See Genesis 49:24).

John 1:1-2 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.”

 Exodus 17:6 ” I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock and water will come out of it for the people to drink.  So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.”

Revelation 7:17 ” For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to the springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Spirit and the bride say come!  For those who believe in Him, love Him, obey Him, Jesus is our life, and His bride will obey His Word.

John 4:14 ” The Word became flesh and made his dwelling place among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

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