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Today, I want to exhort you on the need to stay connected to the true vine. Jesus Christ is the true vine and His Father is the husbandman. We are the branches.
“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.” (Romans 11:17-18 KJV)
Indeed at the new birth, when we are born again into God’s family; we are actually engrafted into the vine. In John 15, we are engrafted into a true vine and in Romans 11:17, we are engrafted into an olive tree.
We are engrafted to enjoy the roots and fatness of the olive. Our connection reinforces and gives us stability. Our connection gives us fatness or sap. Our very existence depends on our connection to the true vine and good olive.
We are called into fellowship and connection. Those that are planted in the house of the Lord flourish in the courts of the Almighty because they are planted in the Garden of the Lord, the watered garden of the Lord! You are planted in the house of the Lord and are connected to the people of God. We are not alone; we belong to the family of God and fellowship with a company of angels.
Stay connected; don’t joke with your connection with this grace. As you stay connected; you are connected to great grace. Any branch that disconnects shall wither and die. Grace has found us and as we stay under the same grace, we prosper.
Let’s stay connected and be blessed. Let’s connect in church, on social media, and chat apps. We all win when we strengthen the connection.
Today’s Prayer
Father, in the name Jesus Christ, help me to remain planted and connected to this grace. I speak against any power that is projected to disconnect me from this grace to rise and raise others. I pray that I shall remain planted and flourish in Your courts. Amen!
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Amen.I am staying connected to this grace.