Our Father welcomes our simple silent sighs as a prayer for help. “IF you abide in JESUS, then HIS living Spirit, and ever active Word is residing in you.”

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” Wow, what a profound promise.

Maintaining a relationship with Jesus requires asking. Ask the Holy Spirit anything and He provides. He abides in us to comfort, heal, and provide counsel.  The power of God’s Word is that it lives in the believer. Abiding signifies a deep, ongoing connection and fellowship with Christ as we are assured that He knows what is blessing or bothering us. To acknowledge His wisdom and Omni presence is our joy. Prayer is not a task, but a welcomed conversation with the King of kings.

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine, oh what a Savior, His glory divine. Abiding in Him.

● Connect with the Holy Spirit who abides in you. Remain, stay, and dwell in His ongoing closeness. Be joyfully rooted in Him like a branch connected to a vine.

● Dependence on Him in all things, is to abide always as His passenger.  Ride along with Him in the drivers seat. He is the constant source for spiritual refreshing, for added strength, healing, and guidance. Just as the Vine provides life to its branches, we draw life and sustenance from our attachment to Jesus.

● Our blessings are seen as the fruit He produces on our branches.  We blossom more fully as we trust and obey His direction, wise counsel, and commandments. Jesus emphasizes that those who love Him will keep His commandments. John 14:15. Abiding in Him means living in accordance with His will and principles.

● Fruitfulness as shown in John 15:1-5 illustrates that branches that abide in the vine, in time, will bear fruit. This fruit represents good deeds that speak of a changed character. Bearing the fruit of the Spirit, joy, peace, patience, compassion and self-control. We are known for providing good fruit.

● Intimacy is something that every soul seeks. Our personal connection and transparent fellowship with Jesus develops through prayer, reading Scripture, and engaging in worship, which fosters a deeper understanding of His heart, unchanging Word, and His unmatched faultless power.

Abiding in Christ is about establishing a vibrant, life-giving relationship that transforms believers from the inside out as it fully equips them to fulfill God’s mission to speak a word out of the overflow of His abiding presence.