We have several people in this class that are gentlemen and gentlewomen farmers.
I helped my mother and dad who loved to garden as a youngster.
To say that I loved to working in the garden as a youngster would classify as a whooper of a lie.
So I don’t claim any great knowledge as a gardener.
But even a novice gardener like me, is aware of what Jesus was telling us when He discussed pruning a vine.
I remember suckering plants with mom and dad.
(Ask those present why they would remove stems and leafs from a healthy plant in their garden).
I read the following from an article that describes why it is necessary to prune the vines in a grape arbor.
Regular pruning is essential for controlling grape canes and producing quality fruit yields.
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Whoever lives in me and I in him shall produce a large crop of fruit. For apart from me you can’t do a thing.
As a construction expert the choices I have made for my foundational building materials have led to far too many abject failures.
What building materials are you using to construct the foundation of your life structure?
Be careful your house may be teetering on the verge of collapse if it’s not supported by Jesus Christ.
If you are anything like me you have been disobedient far too many times.
As for being an example to others I have often been a total and complete failure.
But for the grace of God I would be doomed.
1 John 1:8-9 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins.
In my opinion the greatest verse in the Bible was written just for me and you.
John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
I helped my mother and dad who loved to garden as a youngster.
To say that I loved to working in the garden as a youngster would classify as a whooper of a lie.
So I don’t claim any great knowledge as a gardener.
But even a novice gardener like me, is aware of what Jesus was telling us when He discussed pruning a vine.
I remember suckering plants with mom and dad.
(Ask those present why they would remove stems and leafs from a healthy plant in their garden).
I read the following from an article that describes why it is necessary to prune the vines in a grape arbor.
Regular pruning is essential for controlling grape canes and producing quality fruit yields.
Let’s …show more content…
Whoever lives in me and I in him shall produce a large crop of fruit. For apart from me you can’t do a thing.
As a construction expert the choices I have made for my foundational building materials have led to far too many abject failures.
What building materials are you using to construct the foundation of your life structure?
Be careful your house may be teetering on the verge of collapse if it’s not supported by Jesus Christ.
If you are anything like me you have been disobedient far too many times.
As for being an example to others I have often been a total and complete failure.
But for the grace of God I would be doomed.
1 John 1:8-9 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins.
In my opinion the greatest verse in the Bible was written just for me and you.
John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting