Aug 11, 2024
8/11/24 – Abiding Pt 4:Abiding Strength – Susan Allen
ABIDING part 4 Abiding Strength 8/11/24 susan allen God does not tell us things to scare us but to prepare us. Are you a believer or an ABIDER? John 15:1-12 NKJV some notes have been added in ( )  "I am the true vine, (if there is a true vine there are false vines) and My Father is the vinedresser. (Gardener, husbandman-God doesn’t mind the process, this is not an angry process) 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3 (NOW-kjv) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (Eph 5:26 we are cleansed by the Word) 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. (REMAIN) As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (disconnects) he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. (read in the Passion Translation) 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (This is abiding FAITH)  8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.  (Fruit of the Spirit Gal 5: love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance)   What He was preparing them for required an ABIDING STRENGTH This is not the time for weak connection. The world does not need us in a weakened- compromised state IT is the TRUTH that sets us FREE (John 8:31 kjv  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)  (1 John 2:20-niv  But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.  21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist — he denies the Father and the Son. )   What weakens and compromises us? When we tap into other sources Bc if you weaken truth, it is no longer the truth! It is deception. Trap. Not freedom.     WE NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER ENOUGH TO REMAIN in the TRUTH John 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.  14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.  15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.  16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.  17 These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.  19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.  21 But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.  22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.  23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.  24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.  25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.' 26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.  27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. chpt 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.   ? HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?      
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  • Aug 11, 20248/11/24 – Abiding Pt 4:Abiding Strength – Susan Allen
    Aug 11, 2024
    8/11/24 – Abiding Pt 4:Abiding Strength – Susan Allen
    ABIDING part 4 Abiding Strength 8/11/24 susan allen God does not tell us things to scare us but to prepare us. Are you a believer or an ABIDER? John 15:1-12 NKJV some notes have been added in ( )  "I am the true vine, (if there is a true vine there are false vines) and My Father is the vinedresser. (Gardener, husbandman-God doesn’t mind the process, this is not an angry process) 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3 (NOW-kjv) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (Eph 5:26 we are cleansed by the Word) 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. (REMAIN) As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (disconnects) he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. (read in the Passion Translation) 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (This is abiding FAITH)  8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.  (Fruit of the Spirit Gal 5: love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance)   What He was preparing them for required an ABIDING STRENGTH This is not the time for weak connection. The world does not need us in a weakened- compromised state IT is the TRUTH that sets us FREE (John 8:31 kjv  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)  (1 John 2:20-niv  But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.  21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist — he denies the Father and the Son. )   What weakens and compromises us? When we tap into other sources Bc if you weaken truth, it is no longer the truth! It is deception. Trap. Not freedom.     WE NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER ENOUGH TO REMAIN in the TRUTH John 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.  14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.  15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.  16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.  17 These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.  19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.  21 But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.  22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.  23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.  24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.  25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.' 26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.  27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. chpt 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.   ? HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?      
  • Jul 21, 20247/21/24 – Abiding Pt 3: Abiding Faith – Susan Allen
    Jul 21, 2024
    7/21/24 – Abiding Pt 3: Abiding Faith – Susan Allen
    ABIDING part 3 Abiding Faith 7/14/24 susan allen Part 1: ARE YOU a BELIEVER or an ABIDER? Part 2: Planted. My life can only produce from what I am connected to   John 15:1- TPT 1“I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. 2He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches  and pruning  every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3The words I have spoken over you have already cleansed  you. 4So 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.5“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. 6If a person is separated from me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. 7But if you live in life-union with me and if my words  live powerfully  within you—then you can ask  whatever you desire and it will be done. ( KJV-ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you) 8When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!9“I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts.   KJV says: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.   Many times we try to live in faith off of HEARING THE WORD (Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God)   ABIDE - to Live, remain, (strong’s brings out- in a state of expectancy)   James 1:21-kjv  Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted (IMPLANTED) word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers (PERFORMERS) of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth (remans, abides)  therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.     I want more than FAITH COMING. I want FAITH ABIDING. Romans 1:17, Gal 3:11 and Heb 10:38 delcare THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH   There is a confidence that is born out of ABIDING in Him   John 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.   Eph 3:12-NIV  In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.   AMP: 12 In Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness (courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear).   This is what ABIDING FAITH LOOKS LIKE
  • Jul 14, 20247/14/24 – Abiding Pt 2: Planting – Susan Allen
    Jul 14, 2024
    7/14/24 – Abiding Pt 2: Planting – Susan Allen
    ABIDING part 2 Planted 7/14/24 susan allen ARE YOU a BELIEVER or an ABIDER? John 15:1- TPT 1“I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. 2He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches  and pruning  every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3The words I have spoken over you have already cleansed  you. 4So 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.5“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. 6If a person is separated from me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. 7But if you live in life-union with me and if my words  live powerfully  within you—then you can ask  whatever you desire and it will be done. 8When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!9“I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts.   FACT: What my life is producing is from CONNECTION Deut 30:19 kjv  I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:                            ^adhere to, join to, pursue   Ps 1:1-AMP  BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. 2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.  [Rom 13:8-10; Gal 3:1; 2 Tim 3:16.] 3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].  [Jer 17:7,8.]   Walk, stand, Rest are important PLANTED is a decision to abide. There is a difference in planted and potted Jer 17:5-nkjv Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited. 7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.   Prov 12:3 the root of the righteous will not be moved! (be shaken, waiver, fall)   Prov 10:25 niv When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.   Isa 61:3 NKJV To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees (oaks) of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."   Col 2:6- AMP As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him. 7 Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.   How do I transplant to become rooted and abiding?  
  • Jul 7, 20247/7/24 – Abiding – Susan Allen
    Jul 7, 2024
    7/7/24 – Abiding – Susan Allen
    ABIDING 7/7/24 susan allen ARE YOU a BELIEVER or an ABIDER?   John 15:1-12 NKJV "I am the true vine, (if there is a true vine there are false vines) and My Father is the vinedresser. (Gardener, husbandman-God doesn’t mind the process, this is not an angry process)  2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3 (NOW-kjv) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (Eph 5:26)  4 Abide in Me, and I in you. (REMAIN) As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (disconnects)  he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.   7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.  8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.  9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.  10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.    -You can’t talk about growth without talking about PRUNING --He prunes you because He sees what He can produce           --- HE BELIEVES IT IS WORTH HIS TIME AND EFFORT (Eph 4 gave gifts to you apostles prophets evangelists pastors teachers for the perfecting of the saints) ----THERE are facets of Himself that he wants to RELEASE to FLOW through YOU -----This is your purpose and you will never be FULFILLED disconnected from your LIFE SOURCE Acts 17:28  For in Him we live and move and have our being   WHAT/WHO IS YOUR VINE? What is the fruit of that connection? What you are producing or not producing is from CONNECTION   Ps 119:37-38 NLT Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. 38 Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you.                       Ps 139:23- NLT  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.  
  • Feb 18, 20242/18/24 – Where Do I Need To Grow Up Pt 7? Baptism-Fertile Ground For Growth – Susan Allen
    Feb 18, 2024
    2/18/24 – Where Do I Need To Grow Up Pt 7? Baptism-Fertile Ground For Growth – Susan Allen
    Where Do I Need To GROW UP? Part 7 Baptism- Fertile Ground for Growth 2/18/24 Verses used parts 1-5::1 Peter 2:1-5, Rom 12:1-3, Heb 5:11-14, Heb 6:1-3, 1 Cor 3:1-4, Eph 4:7-24, Romans 8:1-14, Eph 5:8-17, Prov 10:17,12:1, 13:18,15:31-33, 1 Cor 13:9, Ps 40:8, Romans 10:14-17, James 1:22, Col 1:24-chp2:6, Matt 28:18-20, Titus 2:1-8   Titus 3:3-ESV  For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.    * washing ^immersion, bath, laver, water basin,    **regeneration^ new birth, into new life   We get baptized per the instruction of Jesus (Matt 28:19) Baptism does not save us. But it is one of the first steps of OBEDIENCE. It sets up fertile grown for Growth. YOU HAVE A NEW IDENTITY IN CHRIST IF YOU are not IDENTIFYING yourself IN CHRIST  You wont grow…you will just struggle.             BE WASHED OFF of YOURSELF The baptism tank represents a burial ground of who you thought you were   And who “they” thought you were  it’s a release and it’s a receiving   YOU are MADE ACCEPTABLE IN HIM (Eph 1:6) YOU are MADE RIGHTEOUS IN HIM (2 Cor 5:21) YOU are FREED from CONDEMNATION and the law of sin and death IN HIM (Rom 8:1,2) YOU are NO LONGER ALONE. YOU are now a vital part of other believers and you are IN HIM (Romans 12:5) YOU Triumph/WIN in CHRIST (2 Cor 2:14) YOU are not far from God. What separated you from GOD is GONE in CHRIST ( 2 Cor 3:14) YOU are identified as GOD’s own child IN Christ (Gal 3:26)         YOU HAVE DIVINE PURPOSE-you were CREATED in CHRIST to do GOOD WORKS, His Works (Eph 2:10, John 14:12)   WATER baptism is a physical act that should permanently mark your mind with the reality of your union with Jesus Christ And that is the best GROUND to grow IN. IN HIM is a SECURE place.   Rom 6:1-NIV What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.