Without Him We Can Do Nothing

 The image of a branch gaining all its sustenance and strength from the parent vine is a beautiful description of our total dependence upon God, without Whom we can do nothing, in Him we live and move and have our being.
 Although Jesus Christ was fully God, He drew all His strength from His Father in heaven, demonstrating how you and I should live our lives as God's children, drawing all our strength from our Lord Jesus Christ: "Without Him We Can Do Nothing."
 We are to walk in spirit and truth and to do only those things that we hear from Christ our Savior so that His life may be lived in us and through us.
 Until we humbly confess that in and of ourselves we can do nothing, we will foolishly and unsuccessfully attempt to produce good fruit in our own strength. Let us meditate on this vital principle: JESUS is the vine and we are the branches. We are to abide in HIM and allow HIS Spirit to live HIS life through us, just as He abode in the Father and did only those things that He heard from the Father.
“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.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, teach us how to abide in Christ and He in us. Teach us to live our lives as You would have us to live, in total dependence upon You (which is the life of Christ being lived through us), so that we may produce the good fruit in our lives that is honoring to You. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.