Will You Accept the Challenge?

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of abiding in God as a crucial step in the Christian faith journey.

Day 83 Today’s Reading: John 15 Today’s reading is a challenge. It’s a second step that Jesus gives to those who choose to follow Him. During Jesus’ life, He constantly said to those who were ready to start a journey with God to “follow Me.” And for those who accepted the challenge, he gave them a revolutionary second step: “Abide in Me.” Listen to these challenging words of this new kind of relationship with God: Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. (John 15:4-5) What does it mean to abide? The word abide simply means to spend time. Or more specifically, to abide means to give God time (because relationships need time to grow). It isn’t just “come to church” but “come to Me.” God wants time with you. The day you followed Jesus, you got a taste of God. The day you accept the challenge for what is next, you get a shower (you go from drinking water from a straw to drinking water from a fire hydrant). You got on the king’s property, now it’s time to…

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Host: The 260 Journey

Topics covered

• abiding in God
• spiritual growth
• Christianity
• relationship with God
• time management
• faith journey

Keywords

• abide
• Jesus
• relationship
• spirituality
• faith
• growth
• time

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Books & works: John 15

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