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Let us to look at John chapter 15 as we discuss Abiding in Christ.    We must always keep in the forefront of our minds that we are completely dependent upon Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

, CS Lewis wrote, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

Quote from  Mark Batterson says, “Nothing has the potential to change your life like the whisper of God.  Nothing will determine your destiny more than your ability to hear His still small voice.” 

Over the years I observed that the “pattern of this world” (vs 2) is that people tend to 
gravitate toward one of two extremes when it comes to their self-image. Some see 
themselves as totally inadequate and falling short.  
On the other hand, some people tend toward I call “legends in their own minds”. They think 
more highly of themselves than they ought (and frequently more highly than they really are!). 

From ancient times there have been men and women in our world who are happy to lie and deceive people for personal gain. But today, with the advent of smart phones and internet connections, we hear many more lies much more quickly than we did in years gone by. Across Africa and around the world internet preachers are getting wealthy by telling listeners that God wants to give them unimaginable riches and the way to access these riches is by sending money to the preacher. Church planter Paul encouraged the Colossian believers to watch out for deceptive men and women who try to take them captive with lies and half- truths. Click on the link below to listen to the Multiply podcast and find out how you can protect your people from deceptive philosophies. https://www.vcpencouragement.org/2021...

“Church planting is hard work.” The reasons I say this is because I have been a church planter and because over the past 45 years I have observed many, many church planters all over the world. So what do you do when the difficulty of the work before you is so real and the progress you had hoped for in making disciples and starting new churches is slow in coming? Listen and be encouraged on how God can empower you. Find us on our website: https://www.vcpencouragement.org/2021...

We are His Body, created in the image of God Himself. Servanthood was depicted in the life of Jesus and now we are being challenged to serve one another as well. In this podcast we will be challenged as servants are to serve one another! Find us also on our website at: https://www.vcpencouragement.org/2021...

What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Christ?  What is the focus of the Christian life?  Is it an argument about rules and regulations?  Is the Christian life a sad, discouraging way of living?  I don’t think so; but the wrong focus can make it miserable

It takes a lot of work at first and then careful attention in to see plants produce as it should. The apostle Paul shares with us the care that we need to practice in order to have heathy families as we see in this little study in Colossians 3:18-21.

It is not easy to be a good parent.  Good parents, both fathers and mothers, must constantly teach their children. But there comes a time when children grow up and they go away.  When my children were going away from me for the first time, I found that I prayed for them even more than when they were with me.  Why did I pray so much? Because I wanted them to apply well the lessons I had taught them when they were with me.

Good church planters pray for their people when they are away.  IN fact, they wrestle in prayer for them to stand firm in the will of God.  To find out about a church planter who wrestled in prayer for his people, click here to listen to the Multiply podcast.