Dear Reader,
"I have felt drawn to write what young Christians might easily apprehend, as a help to them to take up that position in which the Christian life must be a success. It is as if there is not one of the principal temptations and failures of the Christian life that is not met in the Vine.
"The nearness, the all-sufficiency, the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus, the naturalness, the fruitfulness of a life of faith, are so revealed, that it is as if one could with confidence say: 'Let the parable enter into the heart, and all will be right.'
"May the blessed Lord give the blessing. May He teach us to study the mystery of the Vine in the spirit of worship, waiting for God's own teaching."
~Andrew Murray
I bask in the sun’s
bright beams,
Which with sweetness
fills my fruit,
Yet I own not the clusters
hanging there,
For they all come
from the root.
A life which is not my own,
But another's life in me:
This, this is the message the
Branch would speak,
A message to thee and me.
Oh, struggle not to "abide,"
Nor labor to
"bring forth fruit,"
"But let Jesus unite
thee to Himself,
As the Vine Branch
to the root.
So simple, so deep,
so strong
That union with Him
shall be:
His life shall forever
replace thine own,
And His love shall flow
through thee.
For His Spirit’s fruit is love,
And love shall thy life become,
And for evermore on
His heart of love
Thy spirit shall have
her home.
“Only A Branch”
By Freda Hanbury
Tis only a little Branch,
A thing so fragile and weak,
But that little Branch hath
a message true
To give, could it only speak.
I’m only a little Branch,
I live by a life not mine,
For the sap that flows
through my tendrils small
Is the life-blood of the Vine.
No power indeed have I
The fruit of myself to bear,
But since I’m part of
the living Vine,
His fruitfulness I share.
Dost thou ask how I abide?
How this life I
can maintain?
I am bound to the Vine
by life’s strong band,
And I only need remain.
Where first my life was given,
In the spot where I am set,
Upborne and upheld
as the days go by,
By the stem which
bears me yet.
I fear not the days to come,
I dwell not upon the past,
As moment by moment
I draw a life,
Which for evermore
shall last.
"Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.
Do you not know yourselves, — unless indeed you are disqualified."
2 Corinthians 13:5
"A readiness to believe every promise implicitly,
to obey every command unhesitatingly,
to stand perfect and complete in all the will of God,
is the only true spirit of Bible study."
~Andrew Murray
The Most Excellent Way Christian Fellowship ~ 800-548-8854 ~ www.tmewcf.org
by Rev. Andrew Murray
"The True Vine"
"The True Vine"
Day 2 ....... The Husbandman ..............................
Day 4 ....... The Fruit .............................................
Day 5 ....... More Fruit ..........................................
Day 6 ....... The Cleansing ....................................
Day 7 ....... The Pruning Knife ............................
Day 8 ....... Abide ...................................................
Day 9 ....... Except Ye Abide .................................
Day 10 ..... I, The Vine ..........................................
Day 12 ..... Much Fruit ..........................................
Day 13 ..... You Can Do Nothing ........................
Day 15 ..... Whatsoever Ye Will ..........................
Day 16 ..... If Ye Abide .........................................
Day 17 ..... The Father Glorified .........................
Day 18 ..... True Disciples ....................................
Day 19 ..... The Wonderful Love .........................
Day 20 ..... Abide In My Love .............................
Day 21 ..... Obey and Abide ................................
Day 22 ..... Ye, Even As I ......................................
Day 23 ..... Joy ........................................................
Day 24 ..... Love One Another ...........................
Day 25 ..... Even As I Have Loved You .............
Day 26 ..... Christ’s Friendship: Its Origin .......
Day 27 ..... Christ’s Friendship: Its Evidence ...
Day 28 ..... Christ’s Friendship: Its Intimacy ...
Day 30 ..... Abiding Fruit ....................................
Day 31 ..... Prevailing Prayer .............................
John 15:1
John 15:1
John 15:2
John 15:2
John 15:2
John 15:2
John 15:3
John 15:4
John 15:4
John 15:5
John 15:5
John 15:5
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John 15:6
John 15:7
John 15:7
John 15:8
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John 15:9
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John 15:10
John 15:11
John 15:12
John 15:12
John 15:13
John 15:14
John 15:15
John 15:16
John 15:16
John 15:16
"The True Vine"
John 15:1-16 NKJV
