It only takes a spark, to get the fire going. This is part of a praise song that I used to sing.
Jesus said,
[1] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. [2] He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. [3] You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. [4] Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
John 15:1-4
When the LORD created Adam and Eve, He commanded them to bear fruit and fill the earth.
This means to remain in Christ Jesus. In order to remain in Christ Jesus, we are to obey His command which is to Love one another.
John 15:5-17 NIV
[5] “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. [6] If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. [7] If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. [8] This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. [9] “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. [10] If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. [11] I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. [12] My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. [13] Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. [14] You are my friends if you do what I command. [15] I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. [16] You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. [17] This is my command: Love each other.
To see revival in your house, in your city, in your country, it starts with you remaining in Christ Jesus and this is by obeying His command to love each other.
Let us love one another and not by words alone but with action. Faith without action is dead. Love covers over multitudes of sin.
How do we love each other? We do this by imitating the One who loves us. He laid down His life for us on the cross. In the same way as our Lord Jesus, we too should lay our lives for others. Loving those in your house, loving those at work, loving those on the streets. It's not easy path but a path with many sorrows, dry land and pain.
God bless you
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Yulboum Robert
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