The day with dianne Louise

“Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. John 15:4 MSG You know how you talk to someone who hasn't quite caught a freeing truth, you lovingly nudge them along. Well..Jesus is doing this here. When He says: "make your home in Me, just as I do in you..: he is basically saying: "I am already doing this abiding, why not join me?" The beautiful thing is, He is already abiding in us. He's there! He does not need any further invitation. When we pray: "Jesus come into my heart." He is there in a flash. It is us who have all the junk in the way (much like an attic). We are invited to join the party. This is a restful place, not a busy place, much like a tree change or sea change. And better still..this is a relationship! The very best relationship. Enjoy! Out of the relationship comes fruit. Woo ...

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. John 15:4 HCSB Struggling? Wondering where the fruit is? Remain in Him! I love to think of this as being pickled. I make pickles and a part of the process is having all the veg and onions soak overnight in salt water, the next day the vinegar and spices are added. This preserves the vegetable and gives them an awesome flavour that goes on and on. When I was little my dad loved pickled onions and gherkins in vinegar. When he finished the veg from the jar he would drink the vinegar solution. I was so fascinated I tried it. Not bad! This has coloured my favour towards savoury over sweet and love for pickles. Anyone who comes to my house will be offered my pickles with their meal, most enjoy them. This is the same with our lives. If we remain in Him and are pickled by His presence, others benefit. Stay pickled!

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 1 Corinthians 13:1 MSG I know some big words...but I would not say I am eloquent, praise God! I am simpler. I am definitely not angelic, ha! Ha! I sure can creak as well. God's love transcends all barriers. For this I am grateful and He is gracious and forgiving. Praise Him! I am about to take on a kids club....this will help me keep it simple. Little people are just as important as the 'big shoes'. Little people are good with reality and they ground you fast. I am grateful! It will be a good experience. Jesus told His followers to be like little children in faith. They also know how to love. Keep it simple. Amen!

If I speak human or angelic languages but do not have love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:1‭-‬7 HCSB The apostle Paul, in this letter to the Corinthians, is bringing correction amd order. They turn communion into a gluttonous feast, they fight over the gifts of the spirit amd are out of order with prophesy amd straight after he tells them this ...

“Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14‭-‬16 MSG Be generous with your life. What does that look like? Be available for on the spot needs in people you are called to touch with the message of Christ. If you are too busy with your own world amd your own family then the people caught in darkness will not receive your light. Be available! A generous person showers others with abundance. There is nothing more enjoyable than an abundant shower. We all rejoice in a generous shower of rain. Be g...

“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14‭-‬16 HCSB Look for opportunities to show forth Christ. What good can you become involved in? How can you help your community, your neighborhood? The good that God wants to do in our world is at the mercy of us, His torches. Will we go and do and obey? Lighthouses were built in dangerous places to shine the way for incoming vessels. We live in dangerous times, where can we help? Who needs guidance in coming to land safely? If we do not join in the immorality, lust and greed, surely that is a light; if we don't drink to excess surely that is a light; if our mouths are clean and gracious surely that is a light; if we feed the poor and...

What I’m getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you’ve done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I’m separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure. Philippians 2:12‭-‬13 MSG Be energetic in your life of salvation. God's energy is within us we just need to tap into it. Just as bore water in the ground needs to be drilled down to, so does the living water within. I have a friend that drills for water. Bore water is deep below the surface, without the process it stays underground. It is the same with the Holy Spirit. We come alive in Him but we must first seek Him. God has so much in Him, He is new every morning. What an adventure. Seek Him out! Run to Him! Amen!