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“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:2) If a person bears fruit, God prunes him for the purpose of increasing his yield. To me being able to keep my salvation but being tossed aside because I was unproductive in the Kingdom would be almost as bad as losing one’s salvation if that is possible. I want to work with the Lord! I don’t want to be set aside. I want to experienc

Sometimes clarification of spiritual terms is necessary: For those in the Body of Christ who are unfamiliar with the term "keep watch over your souls"....I'm sorry about that. It’s a crying shame that this all so important function of Christian spiritual leaders so often goes neglected and unpracticed... "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they KEEP WATCH OVER YOUR SOULS as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be

Learn to practice the Ministry of Presence. While the "professionals" will rely on their list of "good and spiritual things to say" when someone is grieving....you could be MUCH more effective by simply listening, BEING with them (not on your cell phone or watching tv) - this is the Ministry of Presence - and praying silently or aloud if the person asks you to do so. It’s a HUGE honor to be invited into someone else's grieving, pain, disappointment. Bless the person by practi

“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you; and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.” (Proverb 23:1-3) What is a ruler? A ruler is one who has the right to govern. This could be referring to humans in authority over areas of the earth; however, it COULD very well be in reference to something else. The Apostle Paul mentions rulers in Ephesians 6:12 (“the rule