{"id":683,"date":"2023-07-28T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=683"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:40:37","slug":"connect-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Connect to God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;-John 15:5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To live a fulfilling life we need to be connected to God. We might be able to live a \u201csuccessful\u201d life, according to the world\u2019s standards, if we are not connected to God, but it will never be a fulfilling life apart from God. On a grapevine we can\u2019t expect the branches to produce any grapes on their own, they have to be connected to the main vine. So it is with us, we can\u2019t expect to produce good fruit if we are not connected to God. I think there is too many times we are just connected enough to stay alive but not connected enough that we get enough nutrients and substance to produce any fruit. Let us connect\/commit fully to where we can produce the fruit to overflow onto other people, because that is the way God\u2019s Kingdom spreads and grows, and evil gets defeated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIdentity is intimately attached to destiny. You cannot know what you were made to do until you first learn who God made you to be.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;-Lisa Bevere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStart where you are, do what you can, and then watch God open up the doors.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;-Tony Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dad Joke of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is not one ever the right amount of whelmed?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Friday and weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;-John 15:5 To live a fulfilling life we need to be connected to God. 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