Some deeper learning in the things of Christ, who He is, what He says and does, who we are as His body…..
The tree needs branches to bear fruit A head needs a body to express itself God wants the church to express Himself Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He is the Tree of Life – The Vine tree. Jesus is the Head of His church. The church is the Body of Christ. Jesus said “I am the Vine, you are the branches”, Unless you remain in the vine you cannot bear fruit.
Until Christ is Formed in You There is a Christmas morn Celebrated each an’ every day When Christ the Saviour is born Not in feeding trough or hay But in hearts who choose, believing Having seen the Son of God Through faith in hearing, receiving The Life from up above That Life grows daily increasing In hearts of those now changed Ever fuller, deeper, wider None will ever be the same A will of our own no longer…
Just yesterday I began to see one of the most important stages in my Christian growth that I’ve not understood until now, through Andrew Murray’s book “Absolute Surrender”. I have understood the point we as believers get to, when we share with Paul’s cry “oh wretched man that I am, who will save me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24). I thought even getting to this point was a spiritual leap of some significance atleast. What I didn’t understand…
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.…” (Hebrews 12:1-2). This…