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I Am the Vine

 " I am the vine; you are the branches.  The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me". John 15:5 CSB This is a great memory verse but sometimes it helps to understand what it means when you are trying to memorize a verse.   I'm looking at John 15:1-17 CSB and this is exciting. "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.  Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so it will produce more fruit.  You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in me, and I in you.  Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.  I am the vine; you are the branches.  The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.  If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branc...
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Passover

  Now the LORD gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron while they were still in the land of Egypt:  "From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.  Announce to the whole community that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice.  If a family is too small to eat an entire lamb, let them share the lamb with another family in the neighborhood. Whether or not they share in this way depends on the size of each family and how much they can eat.  This animal must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no physical defects.  "Take special care of these lambs until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then each family in the community must slaughter its lamb.  They are to take some of the lamb's blood and smear it on the top and sides of the doorframe of the house where the lamb will be eaten.  That evening everyone must eat roast la...
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Let All People Praise the Lord

"Praise, the LORD, all you Gentiles!  Laud Him, all you peoples!  For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD endures forever.  Praise the LORD!  (Psalm 117:1-2 NKJV) Because of the gift God has given us in Christ, all Gentiles should praise Him!  For He has provided salvation to us all.  His merciful kindness truly is great toward us!
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O LORD, Truly I Am Your Servant

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.  O Lord, truly I am your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.  I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.  I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people, in the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.  Praise the LORD!"  Psalm 116:15-19 NKJV Have you ever wondered how the psalmist could offer such devotion and praise to God when he mentions death?  Maybe he understood that to be 'absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.' and maybe he knew that 'death has lost its sting'.  Many times, we focus on earthly things because that is what we see and touch and hear but for Christians, there is so much more!  We have life after death.  Let's try to focus on eternal things today!
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I Will Take Up the Cup of Salvation

"What shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me?  I will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.  I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people."  Psalm 116:12-14 NKJV How can we show our gratitude for all God has done for us?  We can rejoice in our salvation, call upon the name of the LORD and let our life be a witness for Christ!
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For You Have Delivered My Soul

"For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.  I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.  I believed, therefore I spoke, 'I am greatly afflicted.'  I said in my haste, 'All men are liars.'"  Psalm 116:8-11 NKJV Do you cry out to God for help when you are in trouble?  The psalmist believed God and cried out to Him when he was afflicted.  Have you ever chosen to believe God when others thought it was foolish?
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Gracious is the Lord

"Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.  The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.  Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you."  Psalm 116:5-7 NKJV Isn't it wonderful to know that when we are 'low' God saves us?  In this passage, the simple may refer to the humble or those with childlike faith.  I am asking myself if I have childlike faith because I want the last part of that passage, 'return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.'  Rest.  Doesn't that sound marvelous?
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