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Pruning Fruits

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Posted by, Yekisont Reading: John 15: 1-11 "Every branch in me that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." (John 15: 2) In each vineyard, a vineyard caretaker cut twigs vine to produce more fruit. In a spiritual sense, sometimes heavenly Father we must treat us the same way, ie cut our lives. Not only dead branches that must be removed, but sometimes even that is still alive and important matter must be removed in order to produce better fruit and dense. A variety of circumstances can be a knife trimmer in the hands of Mr. Own Vineyard. The knife can be a gesture of rejection, the words are not friendly, or even without words. It could be a frustration of constantly living in the noise and confusion, face a daily task, so it does not have a chance to find a quiet place to be alone. Or perhaps while waiting for the intervention of God when it seemed there was no hope at all and we di...

Spritual Gifts

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"He alone decides which gifts each person should have." (1 Corinthians 12:1-11) -- Yekison Telenggen            Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us. I don't want you to misunderstand this. You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray and swept alone in a worshiping speechless idols. So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the holy Spirit. "We Live by faith, not by sight." in 2 Corinthians 5:                   There are different kinds of Spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the God who does the work in all of us. A Spiritual gift is given to each of us s...