Relationships are complicated. One has only to look through the Bible to see how complicated our relationship with God is. Many times people rebelled against the Father. Yet how many times He beacons us to "Come, return, call, seek. He wants to have a relationship with us. When we walk in the Spirit things go smoothly, but what happens when we come to a place of disagreement?
Those are the times we have opportunities to grow in our relationship with Christ. He is the Vine and we are the branch. If we choose to abide in the Word, we will grow and produce good fruit. If choose not to abide in the Word, our lives will be full of conflict and complications. In order to grow we must at times crucify our fleshly opinions. In essence giving up our own thoughts and ways, and yielding ourselves to the Holy Spirit. He is the one who produces the fruit that comes from abiding in the vine.
Why should we think that our human relationships would be uncomplicated? Put two adult women in a household. After a time there will no doubt come opportunities for disagreements if not full fledged arguments! After all we each have our own unique opinions on the best way, (our way) of doing things. Yet there is a godly way to work through complications. Love is the key. (See I Corinthians 13:4-8)
*John 15:5
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
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*Galatians 5:19-23When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
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