"Every Branch That Bears Fruit, HE Prunes It . . . "

The Divine Gardener!

"Every branch that bears fruit, HE prunes it 

so that it may bear more fruit!" John 15:2

(J.C. Ryle)

The FATHER is ever training the members 

of this family for their everlasting abode 

with HIM in Heaven. HE acts as a 

gardener pruning his vines, that they may 

bear more fruit. HE know the character 

of each of us . . .

  our besetting sins,

  our weaknesses,

  our peculiar infirmities,

  our special needs,

  our trials,

  our temptations,

  and our privileges.

HE knows all these things, and 

is ever ordering all for our good. 

HE allots to each of us, in HIS 

providence, the very things we 

need, in order to bear the most fruit. 

HE gives us . . .

  as much of sunshine as we can stand--

     and as much of rain;

  as much of bitter things as we can bear--

     and as much of sweet.

Trials are intended . . .

  to make us think,

  to wean us from the world,

  to send us to the Bible, and

  to drive us to our knees!

"The Christian grows by tears--

and withers by smiles. GOD'S vines 

thrive the better for pruning." 

(Stephen Charnock)

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 "Thunder--or Angel's Voice?"