I came into the presence of God one morning but I couldn’t pray because I was distracted by events going on in my life. God said to me, “You need to talk to me about these events. I just don’t want you to come to me and just pray away, but when you come into my presence, I want all your thoughts and worries”. I spent most part of my morning running through everything that was bothering me and oh my, that felt good. All the anxiety and stress I was feeling earlier all dissipated by the time I was done talking.

6-7 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)

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1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 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.
John 15:1-2 (NKJV)

If we are already bearing fruits, we get to be pruned so we can bear more fruits. Our God is an exceedingly abundantly type of God, and He seeks excessive fruit bearing from us, therefore God prunes us to enable that. If our life is all rosy and problem free, then it is a sign that we are not bearing any fruit. The pruning cuts dead things and unproductive things from our life. Life experiences adds onto us baggages and weights we were never meant to carry. All the unproductive stuff hanging onto us, weighs us down and hinder us from growing and so God cuts it all off so we can be fruitful. (more…)