“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned for greater fruitfulness by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:1-5 (NLT)
Apart from him I can do nothing. My heart needs to remember that this week.
This was our sermon text in church yesterday. Funny you should mention it today… 🙂
It is interesting how God uses different means and methods to get a message across! 🙂 My Bible study passage for today was Psalm 84, which is also all about relying on God’s power–not my own. Guess it’s a theme that’s missing in my life right now.