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Growth Spurts

Growth Spurts

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For spiritual growth, the Bible is our measuring scale. It guides us as we go through life. Gaining knowledge from the Scripture is our protein, and grace is our carbohydrates. When we exercise these spiritual building blocks through godly living and prayer, we mature and grow as God intended.

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Martin Wiles: Gone but Not Forgotten

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In our area of the United States, hummingbirds arrive in late March or early April and hang around until mid-October. A few weeks before their arrival, I hang three feeders for the scouts who arrive earlier to find so they can tell the later arrivers. One feeder outside our back-porch window, one outside our dining room window, and one outside our kitchen window. Almost anywhere we sit or stand in the house, we can view the beautiful little birds feeding. …

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Sandra Stein: Growing Your Faith

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In the New King James version of the Bible, faith is mentioned 336 times. Is it any wonder why I want a deeper meaning? It seems important enough to be mentioned that many times. Romans 10:17 NKJV reads, “So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Reading the Bible releases faith. The more I read, the more faith I receive. There is no other place to gain that type of growth. …

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Glenda Shouse: Snowflakes

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Moisture from the melting snow is good for the soil, because it enriches and nourishes, thus preparing it for the growing season. This accomplishes its purpose by providing healthy soil, allowing the plants to bud and grow and yield a good crop…

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Ed Chappelle: What’s In Your Garden?

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I balanced on the exam room table, bent at the waist, head down. My wife Kym held my hand. We were bracing for the inevitable but unwelcomed diagnosis….

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VineWords: Devotions and More is a website dedicated to providing you, our reader, with devotions and other writings that will help you to deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ, The True Vine.

Our key verse is John 15:1, 4, 5. We aim to honor Jesus and to keep our dependency upon Him deep, so that our writing reflects this dependency, resulting in fresh inspiration from the Word of God, that will serve you effectively.

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I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. …  Abide in me, and I in you. …

<i> am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him,

the same beareth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

John 15:1, 4a, 5

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. … Abide in me, and I in you. …
I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:1, 4a, 5 KJV

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