0228 以你生命果子彰顯我
我是那結果子的葡萄樹，你是我的枝子，充滿了我的生命。我呼召你為我父的榮耀結果子；這果子不是出於宗教上的努力，也不是出於人意的製造，而是出於我聖靈的工作。我呼召你，藉着我的靈在你生命中所結的果子來反射我。
當你將柔軟的心獻給我，我聖靈的大能就要流經你。離了我，你所作的一切都是無用的；只有在你被我的靈充滿時，你的善行才充滿能力。要被我的靈充滿，以至於溢出，你的生命就成為生命樹上的枝子。
要被人知道你在神面前是個溫柔的人。我不要你只是“正確”，我要你多結果子——充滿品格與內心的純潔。當你行在我聖靈的良善與恩慈中，真正的美麗就進入你的靈魂。別人會看見你美好的生命，並知那是我在用恩典充滿你。
“因此，你必須常常與我保持生命的聯合，因為我也常與你保持生命的聯合。正如枝子若從葡萄樹上被剪斷，就不能結果子；同樣，除非你的生命活在與我的生命親密相連中，否則你的生命將不結果子。我是那發芽生長的葡萄樹，你們是我的枝子。當你們活在與我聯合中，以我為你們的源頭時，果實就會從你們裡面涌流出來——但當你們與我分離而活時，你們就毫無能力。”——約翰福音 15:4-5
0228 Reflect me with your fruit.
I am the Fruit-Bearing Vine, and you are my branch, filled with my life. I call you to bear fruit for the glory of my Father. This fruit is produced not by religious striving or human manufacture, but by the workings of my Spirit. I call you to reflect me with the fruit that my Spirit produces through you.
The great strength of my Spirit will flow through you as you offer me your tender heart. Apart from me, your works are powerless. Your good deeds are only filled with power to the degree that you are filled with my Spirit. Be saturated to overflowing with my Spirit, and your very life will be a branch upon the Tree of Lite.
Be known as a person of tenderness before God. I don’t want you to be correct; I want you to be fruitful-overflowing with character and purity of heart. True beauty will enter your soul as you walk in the kindness and love of my Spirit. Others will see your beautiful life and know that it is me who is filling you with grace.
“So you must remain in life-union with me, for I remain in life-union with you. For as a branch severed from the vine will not bear fruit, so your life will be fruitless unless you live your life intimately joined to mine. I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you-but when you live separated from me you are powerless.” — JOHN 15:4-5