{"id":66592,"date":"2023-10-30T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=66592"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:08:34","slug":"where-you-abide-reveals-what-you-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=66592","title":{"rendered":"Where You Abide Reveals What You Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gopher-purple-h2ks.squarespace.com\/blog?author=63655d784c5e64780328d6a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Cameron Woodall<\/a>\u00a0, which invites you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/burkecare.org\/scheduling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/burkecare.org\/scheduling&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1693923544399000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2N1C92xGEKDnDNVOn9sSB9\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">schedule care today\u00a0<\/a>with a certified biblical counselor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me &#8211; John 15:4 ESV<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Call me strange, but I tend to believe that cotton candy grapes are a glorious, bioengineered, rediscovery of a pre-Fall food. A small taste of redemption! That is until you find that one miniature, runt grape on the vine\u2026the one that missed out on the vine\u2019s enrichment and in its shriveled state leaves a sour taste in the mouth.\u00a0 Those mini grapes must go, they find their home in the trash. Now I am not a horticulturist, but undoubtedly these undeveloped grapes did not receive what is needed to grow into mature fruit. And these grapes can be helpful reminders to us of our Lord\u2019s choice words.<\/p>\n<p>In His intimate, last moments in the upper room, Jesus tells His 11 disciples (Judas has already left to betray Him) that relationally abiding in Him will be essential for their spiritual survival and maturation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by\u00a0Cameron Woodall\u00a0, which invites you to\u00a0schedule care today\u00a0with a certified biblical counselor. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me \u2013 John 15:4 ESV Call me strange, but I tend to believe that cotton candy grapes are a glorious, bioengineered, rediscovery of a pre-Fall food. 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