Tag: loss
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Forfeiting the blessings of God
Deuteronomy 5:29 “Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would…
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The Gardener
John 15:2 “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” Jesus spoke often in figures of speech. In the well-known metaphors of John 15 He calls himself the vine, the Father the gardener, and the believers branches. He…