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REBECCA LAMB WEISS: ONE PERSON WOULD ASK ME
WHAT IS THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE,
THE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE I WOULD GIVE IS THIS:
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE IS TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
NOW, IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF
CHRISTIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS AND HOW TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS IN BIBLE SCHOOL AND I KNEW I
WAS CALLED TO MINISTRY AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS
DOING, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO MINISTRY.
AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING HOME AND GOD
SPOKE TO ME AND HE SAID, EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR
LIFE AND FOR MINISTRY WILL COME FROM HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH ME.
SO FOCUS ON ME, AND I WILL FILL IN EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE, FOR JESUS SAYS,
I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
HE WHO ABIDES IN ME AND I IN HIM BEARS MUCH FRUIT
FOR WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
AND I REMEMBERED THE FIRST TIME GOD ACTUALLY SPOKE
THAT VERSE TO ME WAS WHEN I WAS IN SUMMER CAMP AND I
WAS ASKING GOD, HOW DO I DO THIS WHOLE CHRISTIAN THING?
I WANT TO SERVE YOU, I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU,
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND HE SPOKE TO ME AND HE SAID,
ABIDE IN ME AND I'LL ABIDE IN YOU.
I HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM JOHN 15.
I WOULD ACTUALLY FIGURE IT OUT YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT WHAT JESUS IS ACTUALLY REFERENCING THERE IS,
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME.
I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCH.
THEREFORE WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO LIVE OUR LIVES
IN HIM.
AND EVERYTHING WE NEED WILL COME FROM HIM.
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN PRODUCE FRUIT IS BY
ABIDING IN THE VINE.
AND SO HOW DO YOU ABIDE IN THE VINE?
BY HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHY JESUS CAME TO EARTH.
HE SAYS IN JOHN 10:10, I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY
HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY.
WELL, HOW DO WE EXPERIENCE ABUNDANT LIFE?
IT'S THROUGH RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND JESUS DIDN'T JUST COME TO EARTH TO DIE ON THE CROSS
SO THAT YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN OF YOUR SINS.
JESUS DIDN'T JUST COME TO EARTH SO THAT YOU COULD
GET A PASS TO HAVE SALVATION TO GET INTO HEAVEN.
JESUS CAME TO EARTH TO RESTORE RELATIONSHIP THAT
HAD BEEN BROKEN AND LOST BY SIN.
AND SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JESUS,
EVERYTHING HE DID IN LIFE AND MINISTRY WAS FROM HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER.
AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN JESUS AND THE FATHER.
IT SAYS IN JOHN 10:3, IT SAYS, THE FATHER AND I,
JESUS SAYS, THE FATHER AND I ARE ONE.
AND YOU SEE THAT JESUS WOULD GO AWAY TO PRAY AND
THAT HE WOULD HAVE THIS TIME OF INTIMATE TIME WITH
THE LORD IN THAT HE WOULD HEAR WHAT THE FATHER WOULD
HAVE TO SAY.
HE ACTUALLY SAID AT ONE POINT,
I ONLY DO WHAT THE FATHER TELLS ME TO DO.
I ONLY SAY WHAT THE FATHER TELLS ME TO SAY.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE WITH GOD.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT CLOSE INTIMACY WITH HIM
AND THEN WE LIVE OUR LIVES OUT OF THAT
RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT JESUS DID.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR LIFE,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED COMES FROM HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND IS SO VITAL THAT YOU NOT
ONLY GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I LIKE TO SAY THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT I LIKE TO LIVE OUT
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
IT'S IN THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE WHERE AS I'M GOING
THROUGHOUT MY DAY, I LIKE TO BE MINDFUL OF HIM,
I LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM.
AND AS THINGS ARE BUSY, I HAVE THAT TIME BEING
MINDFUL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND THEN ALSO WHEN I MAKE TIME IN MY DAY TO SPEND
WITH HIM, WHETHER IT'S TEN MINUTES, TWENTY MINUTES,
THIRTY MINUTES, WHERE I CAN QUIET MYSELF AND FOCUS
ON HIM AND WORSHIP HIM AND HEAR HIS VOICE AND HAVE
HIS SPIRIT WASH OVER ME AND CLEANSE ME.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT IS MY LIFELINE.
IT IS HOW I DO WHAT I DO AND IT IS THE JOY OF MY LIFE.
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN
HAVE THE SAME, AND THAT WHEN YOU PUT HIM FIRST AND
YOU PUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD FIRST,
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED IN LIFE WILL FALL
INTO PLACE, WILL COME FROM HIM.
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS WITH THAT TODAY,
THAT YOU WERE CREATED TO HAVE A VIBRANT
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THAT YOU WERE MEANT TO
DWELL WITHIN THE VINE.
AND THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED
WILL FALL INTO PLACE.
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