Heavenly father
give us grace to “see” Jesus and understand Him, so that we may understand His name
and give us grace to ask for those things that are in His name8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
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9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip?
He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the…Heavenly father
give us grace to obey your commandments (of love), and to be open to your Spirit of Truth15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
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16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor, that he may be with you forever:
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him.
You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you orphans. I…18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot)…
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give us grace to live in Christ and for Christ to live in us,
give us grace to keep your commands and love you19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. (after the resurrection)
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Because I live, you will live also.
20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me.
One who loves me will be loved by my…Heavenly father
pour out your Holy Spirit on us today so that we may be taught by you and have the grace to keep and obey your words22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him,
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“Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word.
My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
24 He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my…Heavenly father
give us grace to remain untroubled and pure in the face of the prince of this world27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you.
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Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
28 You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’
If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’
for the Father is greater than I.
29 Now I have told you before it happens so that when it…1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
Heavenly father give us grace to remain in you and bear fruit today
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
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2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away.
Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you.
As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you…- I can’t imagine a more counter-cultural and challenging vision of the Christian life than the one Jesus offers in this Gospel. “I am the vine, and you are the branches,” he tells his disciples. “Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me, you can do nothing” [John 15:4–5]. If those words aren’t blunt enough, he continues: “Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned” (v. 6). Burned? Gulp…. We are meant to be tangled up together. We are meant to live lives of profound… more
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in them will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. —John 15:5
Richard Rohr understands Jesus’ vine and branches metaphor as an illustration of mutual indwelling: Christ in us and us in Christ.
The motivation, meaning, and inherent energy of any action comes from its ultimate source, which is the person’s foundational and core vantage point. What is their real and honest motivation? What does the seeing? Is it the cut-off branch, the egoic self, trying to work…
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