JESUS, the ANSWER (10)

Section Two: JESUS the ANSWER

4. Bread for the Journey 5. Light in a Dark Place 6. An Open Door 7. The Good Life 8. A Grave Buster 9. A One-Way Street 10. The Root of the Fruit

As I continue and finish with JESUS, the Answer in my "52 Weeks with JESUS" journey for 2023, today's 10th Chapter brings me hope to look forward to spring in the middle of this cold winter and realize that "The Root of the Fruit" is where my faith sprouts from my early foundation and the seed planted that needed to be watered and nurtured to develop good roots. The strength of the growth and how it flourishes seems to be connected to the root. Lysa TerKeurst shares about the True Vine in day 7 of YV's plan "Finding I AM".

We hope that any seed planted will have good roots, strength to grow & flourish into a healthy one as it was created to be. The principle Scripture for this chapter is found in John 15:1-11, 16, where JESUS says:

I AM the True Vine

and my

Father is the Gardener

...

{the rest of this passage is just as important for our growth}

The following are the segments:

"The Root of the Fruit"

..."Left Behind" "Fruit Bearers" "JESUS Wants to Connect with You Personally" "JESUS Wants You to Concentrate on Him Perpetually" "A Diligent Pruner"

I can tell that even though these are subtitles & quite brief that I definitely need to grow,
be pruned constantly as JESUS nourishes me
so that I can finally mature (in my old age)
to bear fruit - much better and truly good
yet I realize that sometimes the root
needs some work & checking
I need the seeds planted
to flourish & grow
to beautiful
FRUIT
this is
the purpose
God has placed people
on this planet as His Image bearers
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PRUNING
is a painful but very
necessary part of the process
LENT
can be a fruitful time
to deepen your faith roots & flourish
40 Days set aside to bloom on the other side of this time
Looking forward to JESUS, the Miracle Worker & the Answer found in Him
the great
I AM
💧
and the
Master Gardener

"Lord, help me to recognize You as the Master Gardener who is the caretaker of my soul."

🌞

May the Miracle Worker, JESUS, meet you & your needs during this Lenten season as you go & grow deeper, may your roots be firm in Him so you can bear good fruit & receive a plentiful harvest! Let's plant & see many miracles through the power of the Holy Spirit through JESUS! 

Let us remain in JESUS as He remains in us

Rest in the True Vine

Thank JESUS

for being

our

True

Vine

Stay close to the Vine & grow in
Holy Spirit
fruit
(Galatians 5:22-23)
Let's not be afraid to get a good
Pruning
during the
40 days of
LENT
the
Master Gardener
can be 
trusted
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{I thought in the song "The Merry Old Land of Oz" from "The Wizard of Oz" - that the words were"snip, snip here... snip, snip thereand a couple of  tra-la-las"but after all these years, I just found outthat I remembered it wrong(sigh)it was "clip, clip..." and I was going to add the "snip, snip" part here for our pruning time.So please allow me an author's prerogative to change these words to fit}
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JESUS, the ANSWER (9)

Section Two: JESUS the ANSWER

4. Bread for the Journey 5. Light in a Dark Place 6. An Open Door 7. The Good Life 8. A Grave Buster 9. A One-Way Street 10. The Root of the Fruit

Today in 52 Weeks ... I'm entering
"A One-Way Street"

with
JESUS

found in
John 14:1-6
more specifically verse 6
"I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life,
no one comes to the Father, except through Me."
And once again, this I AM statement is also found in day 6 of  "Finding I AM" by Lysa TerKeurst, where she writes that this I AM ... "is the clearest example in Scripture of the certainty of JESUS being the ONLY WAY to eternal life." Thus, the reason for a "One-Way Street" for #9 of 52 Weeks with JESUS and these are the segments (subtitles) for this one"

 

"Know This Street?" "You Do Know the Way" (John 14:5) "Religion is Not the Way to God" "Righteousness is Not the Way to God" "Only a Relationship will Get Us to God" (John 14:6)

JESUS
didn't just say that
He'd show us the Way
He clearly says:
I AM the WAY
the One-Way to 
God, 
the Father
🙏

"Lord, I believe that You are the Way. Give me courage & boldness to invite others to find life in You alone."

Thank God this has never happened to me, but I've noticed (since moving back to USA from Mexico, 7 years ago this October already) more reckless driving, lack of courtesy, even disobedience of road signs & other vehicle safety regulation (laws-like speed limit) and one- way traffic accidents - where people are driving up a one-way in the wrong direction; it's even happened on a roundabout that I had to stop & wait for the driver to figure it out ... yet knowing JESUS as a One Way means the Only direction - the way to go & knowing Him as the One Way to the Father. Not an accident at all, but a purposeful decision and choice to follow Him & His Way. Many of the people that have one-way accidents, going the wrong way have head-on collisions that most often are fatal. I pray that more drivers know the One Way, the right way and have allowed JESUS to show them the right way Home (to heaven). Only following JESUS and having a personal relationship with Him will lead us to God, the Father - as it is meant to be since He created us to be One with Him, only through JESUS! It's our RELATIONSHIP with JESUS, not our own righteousness or any religion that gets us to God!

Stay clear of heading in the wrong direction, those earthly one-ways that turn us from heading the right way toward God and stay safely guided by JESUS, and I guess we all need to sing 

"JESUS, Take the Wheel" {I don't think the whole song fits, but the title sure does & it's a good song!} so we end up on the only One Way that leads us to an eternity with God! God gives us not just "one more chance" but multiple ones to find JESUS and surrender our way to His One way home. So let's make sure that we let JESUS be our One Way, every day - no matter what we face, we need to seek JESUS' One Way to the Father & eternal peace forever. 

JESUS

is

the

ANSWER