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You can download the free app EDWJ via Play Store. They have 'Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so told you this so that my joy
included two versions of daily reading on the App, Contemporary that it will be even more fruitful.' (v2) may be in you and that your
(New authors and a new format) and the Classic (The original Selwyn JOHN 15:1-14 joy may be complete. My
command is this: love each
Hughes devotionals):
other as I have loved you.
Another aspect of prayer is our persons and our Greater love has no one than
this - revision. purposes. this: to lay down one's life for
one's friends. You are my
Someone said, 'A revised A prayer to make: O God,
men to be temperate, worthy forgive me that I give so friends if you do what I
of respect, self-controlled, version of your life is put out command.
and sound in faith, in love every time you pray, really m u c h t i m e t o t h e
and in endurance. Likewise, pray.' When you sit in silence unimportant and so Little Psalm 46: God is our refuge
teach the older women to be before God and wait for Him time to the important. My and strength, an ever-
Life needs to be revised.
reverent in the way they live, to speak to you, then you present help in trouble.
Having seen the meaning have ever known before. I not to be slanderers or bring more and more areas Teach me to pray and out of Therefore we will not fear,
my prayer Life bring forth a
and importance of prayer, we know that I shall stumble at addicted to much wine, but of your life under His control, new and revised edition. In though the earth give way
turn now to focus on the times but when I do, help me to teach what is good. Then more and more powers are Jesus' name. Amen. and the mountains fall into
steps we must take to to stumble in Your direction. they can urge the younger put at your disposal, and the heart of the sea, though
establish an effective and When I fall, help me to fall on women to love their your being is more and more Further Study: its waters roar and foam and
powerful prayer life. Over the my knees. In Jesus' name. husbands and children, to closely aligned to the being John 15:1-14 'I am the true the mountains quake with
years I have written Amen. be self-controlled and pure, of God. vine, and my Father is the their surging. There is a river
extensively on the subject of FURTHER STUDY: to be busy at home, to be In a debate on the subject of gardener. He cuts off every whose streams make glad
prayer; what I am about to kind, and to be subject to education I heard a speaker branch in Me that bears no the city of God, the holy
say now represents my latest Romans 10:1-13: Brothers their husbands, so that no say, 'The whole purpose of fruit, while every branch that place where the Most High
thinking on the subject. and sisters, my heart's desire one will malign the word of education is change - dwells. God is within her, she
and prayer to God for the does bear fruit He prunes so will not fall; God will help her
Over these next days I want Israelites is that they may be God. Similarly, encourage change from ignorance to that it will be even more at break of day. Nations are
to erect a scaffolding of saved. For I can testify about the young men to be self- knowledge, change from not fruitful. You are already clean in uproar, kingdoms fall; he
suggestions which can be them that they are zealous controlled. In everything set knowing to knowing.' If that because of the word I have lifts his voice, the earth
taken down when the for God, but their zeal is not them an example by doing is true, I said to myself, then spoken to you. Remain in melts. The Lord Almighty is
building is established. based on knowledge. Since what is good. In your prayer is life's deepest Me, as I also remain in you. with us; the God of Jacob is
Some of you will not need they did not know the teaching show integrity, education, for in prayer we No branch can bear fruit by our fortress. Come and see
much help here as you righteousness of God and seriousness and soundness are being educated at the itself; it must remain in the what the Lord has done, the
already have a healthy sought to establish their of speech that cannot be place that counts - the spirit. vine. Neither can you bear desolations he has brought
prayer life but, even so, I own, they did not submit to condemned, so that those Day by day, dear Lord, / Of fruit unless you remain in on the earth. He makes wars
hope that what I say will be God's righteousness. Christ who oppose you may be Thee three things I pray. / To Me. I am the vine; you are the cease to the ends of the
helpful, if only to reinforce is the culmination of the law ashamed because they have see Thee more clearly, / To branches. If you remain in earth. He breaks the bow
the conviction that prayer is so that there may be nothing bad to say about us. love Thee more dearly, / To Me and I in you, you will bear and shatters the spear; he
one of life's most important righteousness for everyone Teach slaves to be subject to follow Thee more nearly, / much fruit; apart from me burns the shields with fire.
spiritual exercises. The first who believes. Moses writes their masters in everything, Day by day. you can do nothing. If you do He says, 'Be still, and know
step is this - ensure that you this about the righteousness to try to please them, not to not remain in me, you are that I am God; I will be
know the Lord as your that is by the law: 'The talk back to them, and not to Because prayer involves like a branch that is thrown exalted among the nations, I
personal Saviour before you person who does these steal from them, but to show revision, a certain amount of away and withers; such will be exalted in the earth.'
attempt to establish a daily things will live by them.' But that they can be fully trusted, pruning has to go on. Many branches are picked up, The Lord Almighty is with us;
or regular prayer time with the righteousness that is by so that in every way they will of us find that our lives are thrown into the fire and the God of Jacob is our
Him. make the teaching about o v e r g r o w n w i t h t h e burned. If you remain in Me
faith says: 'Do not say in your God our Saviour attractive. fortress.
Building a disciplined life of heart, "Who will ascend into For the graceof God has unimportant. We are busy and My words remain in you,
prayer is not the way to heaven?" (that is, to bring appeared that offers but are doing nothing. ask whatever you wish, and it Psalm 4:4: Tremble and do
salvation. Jesus is the only Christ down) or 'Who will salvation to all people. It Prayer brings the important will be done for you. This is not sin; when you are on
Saviour and the only means descend into the deep?' (that teaches us to say 'No' to t o t h e c e n t r e o f to my Father's glory, that you your beds, search your
of salvation. This means that is, to bring Christ up from ungodliness and worldly consciousness and pushes bear much fruit, showing hearts and be silent.
you cannot earn salvation by the dead). But what does it passions, and to live self- the unimportant to the yourselves to be My Psalm 23:2: He makes me
religious duties or regular say? 'The word is near you; it controlled, upright and edges. In prayer we give God disciples. As the Father has lie down in green pastures,
devotional exercises. If you is in your mouth and in your godly lives in this present time to prune the branches loved me, so have I loved He leads me beside quiet
are not a child of His, then heart,' that is, the message age, while we wait for the of our lives and cut away you. Now remain in My love. waters,
this moment turn your life concerning faith that we blessed hope - the appearing those sucker branches that If you keep My commands,
over to Him by repenting of proclaim: if you declare with of the glory of our great God sap the life of the branch, you will remain in My love, Psalm 89:9: You rule over
your sins and receiving from your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and Saviour, JesusChrist, suckers that bear no fruit and just as I have kept My the surging sea; when its
His hands the gift of eternal and believe in your heart that who gave himself for us to keep the branch from Father's commands and waves mount up, you still
life. God raised him from the r e d e e m u s f r o m a l l bearing fruit. Prayer prunes remain in His love. I have them.
When I was in my teens a dead, you will be saved. For it wickedness and to purify for
friend of mine shared with is with your heart that you himself a people that are his
me that he was unable to believe and are justified, and very own, eager to do what is
relate socially to girls of his it is with your mouth that you good.
own age because he didn't profess your faith and are Acts 2:21: And everyone
know what to say. saved. As Scripture says, who calls on the name of the
'Anyone who believes in him
One day he fell in love, and Lord will be saved.”
after that he couldn't stop will never be put to shame.' I Timothy 2:4: who wants all
talking. 'True religion,' For there is no difference people to be saved and to
someone said, 'is falling in between Jew and Gentile - come to a knowledge of the
love with God.' When you fall the same Lord is Lord of all truth.
in love with God and His and richly blesses all who call 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on him, for, 'Everyone who slow in keeping his promise,
then, believe me, prayer calls on the name of the Lord as some understand
takes on a completely new will be saved.’ slowness. Instead He is
dimension. Titus 2:1-14; You, however, patient with you, not wanting
A prayer to make: Father, m u s t t e a c h w h a t i s anyone to perish, but
help me to establish a appropriate to sound everyone to come to
greater prayer Life than I doctrine. Teach the older repentance.