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I am the vine, you are the
branches, remain in Me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches.
If a man remains in me and I in him,
he will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.
Biblical Meditative Prayer
Spirit and Truth
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Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth, for they are the
kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is spirit, and his worshipers must
worship in spirit and in truth."
John 4:23-24
In the Spiritual Realm and Truth
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God is spirit, and those who seek
affection with Him must engage with
Him in the spiritual realm according
to the truth." John 4:23-24
Spiritual Eyes
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the
Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you
may know him better.
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened in order that you may know the
hope to which he has called you, the riches of
his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his
incomparably great power for us who believe.
Ephesians 1:17-19
Spiritual Eyes to See . . .
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I pray also that the eyes of your heart
may be enlightened in order that you may
know the hope to which he has called
you, the riches of his glorious
inheritance in the saints, and his
incomparably great power for us who
believe.
Ephesians 1:18-19
Spiritual Eyes and Ears Required!
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3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying:
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was
scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the
birds came and ate it up. . . . He who has ears, let him
hear."
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and
your ears because they hear.
18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower
means: When anyone hears the message about the
kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
This is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 13:3-19
John 16:12-15; 14:17
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“. . . the Spirit of truth, . . . will bring glory to
me by taking from what is mine and making
it known to you. All that belongs to the
Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit
will take from what is mine and make it
known to you.
You know him, for he lives with you and will
be in you.
What does God want to reveal to you
by His Spirit?
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However, as it is written: "No eye has
seen, no ear has heard, no mind has
conceived what God has prepared for
those who love him"but God has revealed it to us by his
Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
I have told you this so that my joy may be
in you and that your joy may be complete.
Jesus John 15:11-12
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I
do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let
your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Jesus John 14:27
Are you connected?
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"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear
much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
If you remain in me and my words remain in
you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be
given you.
This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much
fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:5-8
If you can’t see it you can’t do it
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Jesus said to them, "My Father is always
at his work to this very day, and I, too,
am working."
"I tell you the truth, the Son can do
nothing by himself; he can do only what
he sees his Father doing, because
whatever the Father does the Son also
does. John 5:17-20
I am the vine, you are the
branches, remain in Me.
Experiencing Jesus
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John 15:1-17
15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that
bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will
remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear
fruit unless you remain in me.
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5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much
fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that
is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you
remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This
is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my
commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain
in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than
this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I
no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-fruit that will
last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love
each other.
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What are you receiving in your
inner person?
• I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen
you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
• so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I
pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
• may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how
wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you
may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19
• Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are
wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by
day. . . . So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on
what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what
is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
What you set your mind on controls
your mind!
• Those who live according to the sinful
nature have their minds set on what that
nature desires; but those who live in
accordance with the Spirit have their
minds set on what the Spirit desires.
The mind of sinful man is death, but the
mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace;
Romans 8:5-7
Where’s your heart focused on?
What’s your mind set?
• Since, then, you have been raised with
Christ, set your hearts on things above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of
God. Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things. For you died, and
your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:1-3
Ephesians 2:1-7
• As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and
sins, in which you used to live when you followed the
ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the
air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are
disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time,
gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its
desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature
objects of wrath.
• But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in
mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been
saved.
• And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him
in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in
the coming ages he might show the incomparable
riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in
Christ Jesus.