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All the love that history knows,
is said to be in every rose.
Yet all that could be found in two,
is less than what I feel for you.

- Unknown

3 posted on 06/05/2004 6:46:28 AM PDT by JustAmy (God Bless our Troops! God Bless President Bush! God Bless America!!!)

New thread, new thread, new thread.... WOOOHOOO!

Welcome back, Amy!

4 posted on 06/05/2004 6:50:46 AM PDT by KangarooJacqui (To Ronald Reagan: the man who taught me to look up to America!)

To: JustAmy; yall

Welcome back !
Mornin', everybody ! Happy Saturday !!

Have a cup while you Freep !

7 posted on 06/05/2004 7:25:14 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is ONLY ONE good Democrat: one that has just been voted OUT of POWER ! Straight ticket GOP!)

To: JustAmy; Jen; KangarooJacqui; Brad's Gramma; Victoria Delsoul; T'wit; PreviouslyA-Lurker

Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. —John 15:2

The Master is seeking a harvest
In lives He's redeemed by His blood;
He seeks for the fruit of the Spirit,
And works that will glorify God

Fruitbearing + Pruning = More Fruit

10 posted on 06/05/2004 7:39:14 AM PDT by The Mayor (A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.)

To: JustAmy; Jen; KangarooJacqui; Brad's Gramma; Victoria Delsoul; T'wit; PreviouslyA-Lurker

June 5, 2004

The Pruning

Read: John 15:1-11

Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. —John 15:2

Bible In One Year: 2 Chronicles 23-24; John 15

In every vineyard, a vinedresser prunes the branches so they will produce more fruit. In a spiritual sense, our heavenly Father must deal with us in a similar way at times—by pruning our lives. It isn't only the dead branches that have to go, but sometimes even the living and vital ones must be cut back so that better and more bountiful fruit may grow.

Many different circumstances may serve as a pruning knife in the hands of the Master Vinedresser. It may be the rejecting gesture, the unkind word, or no word at all. It could be the frustration of living in a constant state of noise and confusion, with daily duties and no chance to find a quiet place to call our own. Or it might be waiting for God to intervene when everything seems hopeless and we have no friends to help us.

But the pruning knife is guided by a loving set of hands. The Master Vinedresser knows what we can take, and He knows what we can become—more loving, joyful, tranquil, tolerant, kind, dependable, gentle, poised—stronger and better than we are today.

We must not shrink from the knife but trust the hand that holds it. Our Father in heaven has a purpose-to produce good fruit in us. —David Roper

The Master is seeking a harvest
In lives He's redeemed by His blood;
He seeks for the fruit of the Spirit,
And works that will glorify God. —Lehman

Fruitbearing + Pruning = More Fruit

11 posted on 06/05/2004 7:39:48 AM PDT by The Mayor (A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.)

That's very nice Amy!

84 posted on 06/05/2004 11:08:42 PM PDT by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Just wash the pillowcase and forget about chipmunks. --- stolen from T'wit)

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