Pruning – Reboot, Refresh and Restart
Beloved,
Just a reminder to carry on in your sanctification process, as mentioned in last week’s message.
As we start this new season together, look to PRUNE — chop and dig out any deep roots.
Any unproductive habits, mindsets, ungodly friendships.
Sever them.
Don’t bring them into the new year.
Let this season be profitable for us all in Christ, but make those changes now — for a fresh start.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”John 15:5–8
It’s Not Easy
Pruning our lives is not easy, but you will reap what you sow. Be honest with yourself.
Make the effort today. Make the commitment today. Make the decision today.
Kill procrastination.
Remember, you do not do this on your own. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and help you make those decisions — don’t do it alone. He is our guide for this life.
Live in Stability
Start a season of stability meaning do not live from emotions and feelings, the past which can betray us.
Live from the Rock, the Word of God. Live stable, with a sure foundation, and then continue to build.
Choices!
Beloved, we all have the same hours in a day, but what we do with those hours determines the life we have in God.
Start strong and Don’t quit. Keep going. Be accountable. Finish strong in God.
He died on that cross that we may have life — and life in abundance.
Bless the Lord. And as the Lord lives, may He continue to be gracious, patient, and loving toward us as we grow up into all things.
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
— Ephesians 5:16
Don’t waste time — seize the week, seize the day, seize the hour, seize the moment, seize the Lord.