In Him

Jn 15: 7 - 'If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.'

Meditation :
Cleansed by Him : Jesus says that, 'He is the vine and the Father is the gardener'. In the days of the old testament, Vine signified God's goodness and people's faithfulness. A person involved in grape farming would time -to time check the branches and prune(meaning clean) it, similarly God our Father too shall prune the family keeping the people who trust and love Him and cut-off the people who doubt His power.

Leaning on Him : 'Apart from me you can do nothing'...........hardly are people aware of this, they go on tossing and toiling in life to meet their ends relying on their own strength. All the efforts of man are futile, just like Prayer without Work is useless so also Work without Prayer is also useless. It is so important to be co-workers with Him, invite Him into every areas of ur life.......even when u have to spend Rs 5/- ask Him if He wants u to do that. For in all things he blesses us, so that we glorify the Father. Let our lips never cease to praise Him and His words be our weapon at times of struggle and pain.

Abiding in Him : Jesus, once again is promising us that our prayers will definitely be answered but we need to be rooted in Him and the word. We will bear much fruits and the fruits refers to Gal 5: 22-24 {love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control}

Loving Him : God wants His people to be in fellowship, sharing and caring. Only when you love your brothers and sisters then will God will be please with you and remain in you. Lets not hold back anything when we turn to help others but lets go to rescue, comfort and give unconditionally and more than that, since all that we have, even God's love was given to us unconditionally. Jesus calls us friends though He is the master and King which implies the attitude we need to have with our brethrens. Today, with no second thought show that you love Jesus by loving others. 'This is my command: Love each other.'

Standing up for Him : There may be times we feel very embarrassed to confess our faith in a group or even move out of a lunch table just bcoz we r fasting. But being followers of Christ let us imitate Him in all aspects. What will a man gain if he gains the whole world but loses His soul? the world spat him, bruised Him, crucified Him so lets not get carried away when the world praises us........................whats more important is Eternal Life...................what will my Father say when He meets me on that glorious day................lets think about it seriously. 'If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first'.

Anointed to testify : Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as Counsellor and Spirit of truth, 'And you also must testify'. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit, because it is He who would guides us and leads us into the beautiful and everlasting relationship with the Triune God. Its only the Spirit who enables us to boldly testify about Jesus to others and be a sweet fragrance wherever we are placed.