A Branch of the Vine Bible School
Our ON Line Bible School is glad to promote The Word of God and in doing so we DECLARE it the only WORD to trust, follow and obey.
It can be said that our RESPECT for God shows forth in our RESPECT for The Word of God.
It has the DYNAMICS to:
Transform
Challenge
Encourage
Build our Faith
Edify
Warn
&
Give us the REVELATION of things yet to come.
The Team Of A Branch of the Vine does not only have this On Line Bible School but is also proactive on Facebook on the following Pages and Groups
- Hearing God
- A Word Relevant for Today
- A Branch of the Vine
- Finding God Group
- Agape Kingdom
- LinkedInWe also have a host of people sharing the Word of God on ALL these platforms.
- The Editor is well supported By June Potter and Gemae Almendro.
CAN WE ENCOURAGE YOU AS STATED ON THE PIC TO THROW YOUR SELF TO THE WIND AND TO CAST YOUR BREAD ON THE WATERS. IN SO DOING WE SPREAD THE DYNAMICS OF THE WORD OF GOD WHICH NEVER RETURNS VOID.
Be Blessed as you continue your journey with God guided by The Holy Spirit and The Word of God!!!
Remain Blessed
Stan Almendro
SURELY NOT JUST A FLURRY (SPELL) OF RELIGION
By
Stan Almendro
In this PLAYGROUND of RELIGION we might find and use it to feed our ego, give us reason to feel good and religious with a soothing effect on our conscience!!!
But
Folks
This is no game, no habitual service we offer or a STATUS thing!!
THE WILES OF SATAN IS A FRUITLESS EFFORT TO GET EVEN WITH GOD AND RISE ABOVE GOD AS HE LURES SOULS INTO HIS EVIL SYSTEM!!!!!
AND
BECOMING A CHILD OF GOD,!!?!!
WE ARE ENLISTED TO JOIN IN THE BATTLE ZONE!!!
Yes that Place. Where GOOD FIGHTS EVIL!!!
IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN A FLURRY (SPELL) OF RELIGION IT IS A MATTER OF GOOD AGAINST EVIL AND HUMANITY IS THE TROPHY SATAN WANTS to GAIN!!!!!
BUT
JESUS DIED TO DRAW US TO HIMSELF AND TO GOD!!
Ephesians 6 v 12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
LETS BE SOLDIERS TRUE!!!
June and Stan Almendro
The Abiding in Christ if NOTHING else will bear Fruit of Holiness
Friends there is more about being a Christian than choosing a RELIGION to follow. It is not and must not take the ORDER of some SOCIAL club we have chosen to belong to. It is and will be a CHANGED lifestyle with a renewed VALUE system. We will be guided by SPIRITUAL VALUES to the GLORY of God !!!!!
You are HOLY. There is a SENSE about God that could be different to what we and our Pulpits are Portraying and maybe we need to discover God in WHO He really is and WHO He really wants to be in Our lives
Can it be that we with our programs and Organized Church life are reaping the fruit of the FRUITLESSNESS of over active lives and it really has NO Divine Purpose or very little real leaning to a life of TRUE Worship. Let us revisit the Throne of God to be Redirected if we NEED it!!!
Oh Praise His Name - If we do not EVEN the rocks will CRY out. It is simply if we HAVE enough reason to PRAISE Him just for WHO He is !!!!
Friends I recently added a post on Facebook about the SEEKING Heart of God and how we need to bury our shopping lists for a while and SEEK to know THE HEART of GOD and what He perhaps desires (Yes What is IN the SEEKING Heart of God). Let us hear what it is and seek to fulfill it at whatever cost!!!
TAKING TIME TO PRAISE HIM CAN BE A HUGE CHALLENGE TO THE SELF CENTERED!
BUT
Let us show we are different and that we have the DESIRE and the CAPACITY to do just that!!
HAS OUR HEARTS been sufficiently CHALLENGED that we are on the DECREASE so that he can INCREASE
It is NOT the permission of the NEW Thing HUMAN RIGHTS give to believe and behave satisfying every walk of life and Society
So You are a Christian - Are You?????
By
Stan Almendro
Declaring we are Christian is one thing BUT how we actually became a Christian is another story!!! and HOW WE LIVE IT OUT THE ULTIMATE
If in any way we choose to announce this Christian thing as a fad or as permission from whatever source there is, it becomes valueless and is a FALSENESS WE CAN DO WITHOUT.
Yes, Christianity and being a Christian is real but it ONLY can and DOES come from being confronted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This tells us ""ALL HAVE SINNED"" and God wants us to see that the wrong, evil sinful things we do is just the fruit of DESPERATE WICKED hearts that are DECEITFUL and needs to be changed.
This then leads us to understand that NO amount of Confession sets us free. Confession can be A Tool for Self Gratification and we carry on throughout our whole life without changing our style of sin and evil doings and confessing as we go along.
True and real Christianity comes from the realization of our sinful state and a NEED for forgiveness and acceptance by God.
This means we accept God has made a way for us and that is to besides acknowledging our sinful way we accept what God has provided which is SALVATION through Jesus.
So here is the simplicity of it all. We agree we are sinners and we need forgivness through Jesus and His death on the Cross.
This done the Bible says we become New Creatures and as such we need to start living in newness of life leaving ALL the evil sinful lifestyle behind us for a walk of Holiness.
In doing this we have to know CHANGE is a Must and we have to KILL the LURES of sin and temptations that comes our way.
Now accepting Jesus as Saviour we begin to learn THAT THE ABIDING IN HIM LIFESTYLE which is a change from within and it will mirror to the outside world.
It is NOT what we say but how we LIVE that matters.
We begin a GROWING UP process in God and this is called """ BEARING FRUIT""". We can get to a place of BEARING MUCH FRUIT.
So you say you are a Christian - Are You??????????"
Fond regards,
June and Stan Almendro
John 11:35: Jesus Wept - THE TWO MOST HEART WRENCHING WORDS EVER TOLD - JESUS WEPT
Jesus Wept - Why???
By
Stan Almendro
One has only to visit Egypt and Lebanon to see that God does not MAKE IDLE threats. These countries are DESOLATE (God Forsaken) AS God said they would BE !!!!!
And we can add dozens or even more countries in the world (South Africa well on its way to being DESOLATE - God Forsaken)
NOW let us relook at ""Jesus Wept"" as He rode on the back of a donkey (No Mr Modern Preacher not A Porche or Private Plane) and saw DESOLATION.
Was it the Flattened Walls and broken houses (It could be part of what prompted those tears) but no there was a DENIAL and REJECTION building up for the MADDENING Mob to scream ""AWAY WITH HIM""
John 11:35: Jesus Wept - Two Heart Wrenching Words and we are tempted to ask WHY??? The Son of God with an EMOTION to weep. - Surely a Weakness !!!!!
NOW the Scene changes and in the town (Alberton South Africa) where I and my family live (And where you live with all the churches) there must be all of 40 churches or more in Alberton (Audotoriums, and Campuses with every MODERN facility Black Walls and Psychodelic Lighting ALL claiming to be God led for the RICH and EDUCATED serving the Community but NEGLECTING the fact that there are many more drop outs and UNDER priviledged not being looked after at all). People in their drones shacking together and Human Rights dictating the TERMS of preferences. No preaching on Salvation through Jesus with opportunity to get saved, heaven and hell, less on Holiness and NOTHING on ""ALL HAVE SINNED"" because those are what is called ""OFF PUTTERS" and an Embarassment to the people.
The main reason (Although no one admits it or wants to believe it) is that the FUNDS will dwindle so too the bank balance of the Mr. Modern Preachers.
SO WITH ALL THESE FALSE NOTATIONS AND BELIEFS WE HAVE AS YET NOT (Like Jesus) wept for what we see (The question is do we or do we want to see the reality of the SAD state (Not of the walls and houses) of the hearts of the people.
What is being seen at the moment is the GREED of Prosperity at work and us Blaming God that it is His Blessing !!!!! HOW misleading can this be!!!!!
Yet the Truth is Alberton with all 40 or more churches is desolate and "NONE OF US (Like Jesus) has as yet recognized that we should be SOBBING never mind weeping.
In every town in South Africa we need to look and see how NEAR or FAR we are from God declaring us DESOLATE.
AND Egypt will Be Desolate
A Prophecy Against Egypt Judgment on Pharaoh(Been there and Seen it)
Jerimiah 29
In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the Lord came to me:
2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.”
4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.
5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. “‘You have been a staff and reed for the people of Israel.
7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.
8 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.
9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “‘Because you said, “The Nile is mine; I made it,”
10 therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.
SO TOO LEBANON.(Been there and Seen it)
Dear friend let us LOOK deep into our hearts and lives taking stock asking if we in our lives and our families are border line cases of DESOLATE.
Let us Now correct that state of our lives - How you might ask ??? Humble ourselves, Repent, Confess our sins, Pray and God says HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND (Yes and our hearts).
Be Challenged LIKE never before
June and Stan Almendro
Jesus Wept- By NO means ENTERTAINMENT or something to click our heels or tap our feet. -JESUS WEPT
Jesus Wept Over Jerusalem - Egypt and Lebanon as DESOLATE as it is - is any one crying over them . Are we crying over our Jerusalem (The town where we Live?). IF MY PEOPLE WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES and confess their Sins Yes REPENT and Pray then God will HEAL our land and our HEARTS as Well
JESUS MY SAVIOUR AND MY FRIEND Is He Yours As Well??
What a friend is Jesus to those who welcome Him into their lives. Looking for reality and a true life worth living then WELCOME Jesus into your life and begin living in His Purposes and designs
Give Thanks - Not FOR but in ALL THINGS
THE TRUTH OF GIVING THANKS IS NOT A WILD CARD WISH OR MAGIC WAND FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN
IT IS FROM HEARTS THAT HAVE LEARNT THE PRECIOUS TRUTH OF CALM CONTENTMENT
It has to be the most WONDERFUL thing to realize our ABSOLUTE need of HIM
It will not be LONG and every HUMAN achievement will have topped its UPPER limits if not already there and THE USING of something to even BE BETTER and BETTER will soar in the market place with an OVERWHELMING force in our already OVERDRUGGED society .
By
Stan Almendro
This is a way of the WORLD with such demands and the ONLY sadder thing is we fall captive to thy demands and feel we need to comply.
Well in God it is so MUCH different because in OUR weakness His STRENGTH is made PERFECT!!!!
Friends a PRECIOUS hiding in the HEART of God and US held in the HOLLOW of His hands with The Holy Spirit Guiding us an showing how the Power of God can and does WORK through His People
Be Blessed as we FIND that place of STRENGTH in Him
June and Stan Almendro
WITHOUT HIM I CAN DO NOTHING AND AM NOTHING
We live in A WORLD of STRONGNESS
LORD I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU.- NO NOT A WEAKNESS BUT ACKNOWLEDGING OUR ABSOLUTE NEED OF HIM
WORTHY TO BE TRUSTED
We SEE Jesus High and Lifted Up
WORTHY TO BE TRUSTED
WORTHY TO BE TRUSTED
BY
Stan Almendro
Psalm 40:4 ‘Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust…’
- We need to develop a lifestyle of trusting God.
- We need to decide and determine that we will trust the Lord.
- If we have this faith and trust, we can face any storm of life. - Trusting God allows us to rise above circumstances and enjoy His blessing.
Lord, thank You that I can make You my trust. You are the One in Whom I will trust and on Whom I will rely.
I choose the blessing of trusting in You over the fear that comes with relying on myself.
Be Blessed
June and Stan Almendro
OH LORD COME AND FILL YOUR LAMBS - THERE IS A SPACE IN OUR HEARTS THAT GOD WILL GLADLY FILL
OH FRIENDS Listen to this song as a CRY to God to be FILLED.
THERE IS A SPACE IN OUR HEARTS THAT GOD LONGS TO FILL
GOD the FILLER of ALL the EMPTY space of our HEARTS
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE AN EMPTY HEART that God Can fill than to have Hearts so CLOGGED up with things of NO Eternal Value leaving no Space for God to Fill
Father I Adore You
A reload but such a blessed video to hear
DO YOU KNOW THAT BEING A CHISTIAN MEDDLING IN THE WATERS OF THE WORLD CAN SINK YOU!!!!!
A SINKING SHIP STARTED WITH A SMALL LEAK
By
Stan Almendro
Dabbling in the world as a Christian is as high a risk if not higher than the MODERN risk in marriage. (Trashy MORALITY standards applauded and promoted by HUMAN RIGHTS diluting and destroying the RIGHT of Christian belief to minister the Word of God in Truth).
In Solomon God says to the writer """COME AWAY""" (An article on this posted on this website) inferring the COMING AWAY of all and everything that diverts us side tracks us and what can cause our ship (Christian Life) to sink.
Just as it is the Small Foxes that Spoil the Vines So too is it the ""SMALL CRACK in our lives where the water (THE WORLD) begins to SEEP in until there is enough taking us far from God and Lost.
It is sad that talks and posts of this nature are labelled as NEGATIVE where it should be a RED flag raised by the Holy Spirit warning us of the SEVERE dangers of the WORLDLY influences that materialise our:
Insight
Desires
Focus
& Passion
The Word of God says: """ If My people who are called by My name will repent, Humble Themselves and pray I will hear them, forgive them and HEAL their land"""(Of course our lives).
Just as young folk lose their INNOCENCE when stepping over the line (Losing that inner beauty) so too us as we delve and DABBLE with the world.
Dear friend let us HEAR the call to:
Come Away
COME Apart
Be in the World but not of the WORLD.
OH that we will rise up with the ""GODLY SORROW"" that worketh repentance.
Folks sorry is not and never will be enough to RIGHT our lives with God to be the ACCEPTABLE example He wants us to be.
GODLY SORROW
REPENTANCE
FORGIVENESS
A TURNED AROUND LIFE is what we need .
YES
Let us PLUNGE into the Cleansing fountain of God!!!!!
Be Blessed
June and Stan Almendro
OH FIRE OF GOD BE A RAGING FLAME KILLING THE CINDERS OF MAN DESIGNED RELIGION
Burn in me Fire of God
TILL I AM WHOLLY THINE
TILL EVERY EARTHLY PART OF ME
GLOWS WITH THY FIRE DIVINE
BURN OH FIRE OF GOD BURN EVERY EARTHLY PART OF ME
Burn in me Fire of God
Till I Am Wholly Thine
Till every EARTHLY part of me
Glows with your Fire Divine
ARE YOU FINDING YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH ODDITIES ????
The Love of God goes beyond ALL ELSE
This video, the posts on this website, and all the videos posted here; on face book pages by
A Branch of the Vine Ministries
Hearing God
A Word Relevant for Today is to immerse us in
His Love
ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING PRAYERS TO PRAY; DESIRES TO HAVE REMEMBER GOD ANSWERS THE PRAYERS AND DESIRES OF OUR HEARTS
If you and I are ready for the QUAKING RATTLING MOTION OF God in our lives then yes pray a SEARCHING of God but KNOW it will be at a cost. We will know the PIERCING voice of OUR convicting Holy Spirit with the Word of God piercing SOUL and SPIRIT. Be ready for the impact & also the joy of changing
OH LORD """BLURRED VISION"" HAS IMPAIRED OUR ABILITY TO SEE YOU _ SO LORD PLEASE OPEN THE EYES OF OUR HEART
Lord we see so much both bad and good and we just live on regardless BUT in our hearts there is this whispered cry that tells us there is so much more of you we have not seen and are yet to see
SO LORD WE FALL AT YOUR FEET HUNGRY THIRSTY TO KNOW MORE AND SEE MORE OF YOU. OPEN THE EYES OF OUR HEARTS
IMPAIRED and BLIND to the GREATNESS and GOODNESS OF GOD - Cry Out """OPEN THE EYES OF OUR HEART GOD"""
IF Impaired See HIM
By
Stan Almendro
In the land of the blind a ONE EYED person is KING.
AND
None BLIND as he who does not want to see
BUT
Once we taste of the LOVE of God, Challenged by His precious presence we will with NO DOUBT want to know Him better, draw nearer to Him longing to see HIM for who He is and in HIS fulness.
BLESSED IS HE WHO HUNGERS AND THIRSTS AFTER GOD FOR HE SHALL BE FILLED.
Remember
There is a river that never shall run dry. Plunge into its waters and know a closeness of God
OH HOW THE WORLD NEEDS THE OUTPOURING (YES RAIN FROM ON HIGH) OF THE HOLY GHOST
WITH ALL THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES IN FULL FORCE BATTERING THE WORLD AND NO LONGER RUMOURS OF
WAR
EARTHQUAKES
FLOODS
AND HEADSHIP WHICH ARE ALL NOW REAL AND HAPPENING
HOW WE NEED THE HOLY GHOST RAIN FROM ON HIGH
OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN LORD
SEND US YOUR REFRESHING
RENEW OUR HEARTS O LORD
UNDERSTANDING THE ODDITY OF EVERY KID - I PLACE HUGE IMPORTANCE ON THIS HENCE IT HAVING A TOP SPOT ON THIS WEBSITE
Understanding the Oddity in your DIFFERENT Children !!!!!!!!!!!
By
Stan Almendro
NOW I AM TREADING ON DANGEROUS GROUND !!!!!!!!!!!
UNDERSTANDING THE ODDITY OF EVERY KID IF BEYOND THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY OF US PARENTS WE MAKE A HASH OF IT. THIS IS NOT ONLY IN NEGLECTED HOMES WITH ALL KINDS OF CHALLENGES BUT IT IS PRESENT IN EVERY HOME WHERE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE CHILD
No I am not a degreed psychologist or a certified social worker!!
The only thing I have is my life's experience and this is:
1. My mothers side of the family with something like 19 children no real education or homely caring they were left to the Wilds of Life. Their mother not having a clue of rearing children or why she had any or all of the 19 children !!!!!
2. My dads side with seven kids and a cruel academically minded mother(My grandmother) who ruled with an iron rod that achieved no real purpose of good living or encouragement outside of her own AGENDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. My own family with 7 kids(5 lived to become adults) my mothers one of the 19 end my dad who died very young one of the 7 Yes These are my credentials and MY Varsity of LIFE !!!!
AT A VERY VERY YOUNG AGE I SAW HERE IS TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL""T""
AT 11 YEARS OLD RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME NOT EVEN MISSED I SAID I AM DIFFERENT AND I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE(I DID AFTER ABOUT A YEAR RETURN HOME)
Each child I discovered was unique and some very intelligent Others average and some struggling in more than one area of their lives Parents find the softer problem less vocal and quieter child more in the SURROUNDING of their capability and we find ourselves with more empathy towards children like that
IT MIGHT BE AS PARENTS WE COPE BETTER BECAUSE WE ARE NEEDED MORE IN THAT CHILDS LIFE
SO IN THIS MUDDLED MIXTURE OF PEOPLE IN OUR CLAN THERE WAS SOMETHING OF EVERY TYPE OF CHILD AND PERSON I PLACED MYSELF ON A HIGHER PLANE !!!
INTELLECTUALLY
EMOTIONALLY
MATURITY
There was not a lot of room or enough room for me in this muddle of people:
No one I could have sensible conversation with
My skills in mathematics went rather condemned than challenged
I WAS BAD NEWS FOR MOST OF THEM AT MOST IF THE TIME THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OR CAPABILITY TO COPE AND MANAGE ME IN ANY SENSE OF THE WORD AND ANY AREA IF MY LIFE I LEARNT TO DEVELOP MY OWN SKILLS SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO WAS A CHALLENGE TO ALL WHO I WAS AND WANTED TO BE
THIS CREATED PROBLEMS OF RESENTMENT ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITIES BUT I CARRIED ON
MAYBE THIS POST STRIKES A NERVE IN YOUR MIND HEART AND LIFE AS A PARENT BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND REALISE THE DIFFERENCE IN EVERY CHILD AND ADAPT TO THE ODDITY OF EACH CHILD
You are welcome to call me on 079 514 9165 and discuss your struggle as a parent because we could be the CULPRITS in a home filled with tension
Silent Authority A State of CLOSENESS to God hearing His Heart Beat and GETTING to know His passion for EACH of his children !!!!!
EVEN THE WIND OBEYS HIM !!!!!!!!!!!
God can lead us to be MASTERS of NOISELESS authority BUT our responsibilty to STAY humble
I SPEAK JESUS - Oh How sweet His Name - Demons flee from Him - Storms obey Him - SO "SPEAK JESUS"
There is JUST something about the Son of God (Jesus)
Enemies have tried to destoy Him
Eradicate Him
But
He is still the as the INDESTRUCTABLE forever
We need to SPEAK Jesus into the winds of life, INTO storms tossing people too and fro
SPEAK Him to the Fearful& those lacking Hope
SPEAK JESUS!!
Authority WITHOUT Noise Is for us as we HOLD hands with God
Silent Authority – According to The ORDER of God
By
Stan Almendro
This must be the most thought-provoking dynamic post I will ever share.
Let it sink deep into our hearts and find a quiet resting place As we grow in Christ we learn that REAL AUTHORITY lies not only in what we say but in who we are
Yes Look at the snake and the lion who do not have to make a sound and their very presence commands respect
LET US ENTER THAT SCHOOL OF LEARNING WHERE WE WHEN ENTERING PEOPLE WILL SAY HE HAS BEEN WITH JESUS
Be Blessed
June and Stan Almendro
A Branch of The Vine Ministries has a Passion to bring us Back to the Word of God and us Living Near to God
I'd RATHER HAVE JESUS
We are at a point where the most important decision and choice is it hand
Have you chosen to have Jesus in your life
If not do it now !!!!!
RADIANT BEAUTY WITH JESUS IN US
Lives in Christ have a distinct beauty with a changed life style
There IS NO OTHER God as OUR GOD - HIS IMMEASUREABLE GREATNESS
There is NO MEASUREMENT wherewith to uncover the Greatness of God and NOR is there HISTORIC data as a recorde of His feats and why He shoul be seen as THE GREAT GOD.
No it is not what He has done or will be doing
IN THE SPACE OF NOTHINGNESS AND NO ACTIVITY BY GOD HE IS GREAT BY NOT WHAT HE GIVES US
I WILL FEAR NO MORE - OVERCOMING OUR GREATEST ENEMY - SELF
Our walk with God is ALL but boring because we take ourselves with us - An enemy second to NONE - We live in a war zone fighting and overcoming our ego and ALL that is difficult to break through - BUT we have the HOLY SPIRIT
THE ACCOMMODATING GOSPEL by DAVID WILKERSON - A MUST LISTEN
IS YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP ACCOMMODATING THE COMMUNITY OR IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD???
IT IS A SENSITIVE TIME IN THE ERA OF CHURCH AS MEN CLAIMING THE ANNOINTING AND CALLING OF GOD ARE NURTURING THEIR OWN EGO AND FULFILLING THEIR GREED ABOVE THE NEED OF THE PEOPLE. OH GOD SET US FREE PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A BRANCH OF THE VINE MINISTRIES SUPPORTS """GIVE A LOAF OF BREAD"""
Please look to support the Cause of Give a Loaf of Brad promoted on Face Book as we look to share at least 100 loaves of bread weekly and currently in Alberton (Trusting to move into other areas) https://www.facebook.com/groups/2077224752458125
WHY ?????????? A BRANCH OF THE VINE MINISTRIES ????????
There is one purpose and one purpose only for this website and that is we BRING the Word of God DEEPER into the lives of every believer and visitor to this site.
Thy Word Lord is a Lamp unto My Feet and a LIGHT unto my path. If this is tue and we know it is we should IMMERSE ourselves in His Word.
Let its inspiration, annointing and dynamics Impact deep in our hearts bring change in the way we think and live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sharing on this site is so designed to have a:
1. Loud and very clear Gospel Message!!
2. To give Bible Studies bringing growth and maturity !!
3. Beautiful inspired message of encouragement to every reader.!!
4. Lastly and most important is pointing us to the Return of Jesus, The Last Days and warn us of the PITFALLS to avoid
FACE BOOK PAGES AND GROUPS THAT SUPPORT "A BRANCH OF THE VINE MINISTRIES"
A Branch of the Vine in its zest to share and be a part in sharing The Word of God is closely connected on the following pages and groups on Facebook.
Do visit, enjoy the posts and you are welcome to share posts on face book.
1. Hearing God (https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=hearing%20god)
2. A Word Relevant for Today (https://www.facebook.com/groups/130388700353961)
3. A Branch of the Vine Ministries (https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=a%20branch%20of%20the%20vine%20ministries)
4. Finding God Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1411156885722087)
5. Agape Kingdom (https://www.facebook.com/groups/948193168689188)
WE TRUST YOU WILL BE TRULY BLESSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June and Stan Almendro
I AM WHO YOU SAY !!!!!!!!!
MEN ALL OVER THE WORLD GIVE TITLES AND ARE GIVEN TITLES BUT ONLY THE REDEEMED CAN SAY YOU ARE JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD AND THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD - WHO DO YOU SAY HE IS ??????
SIMPLISTIC WORSHIP OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SAVIOUR
When all esle changes or EVEN DISAPPEARS nothing can take away from the Simplistic worship of our HEARTS. Ever be singing of His Beauty
IN CHRIST ALONE YES NO OTHER
You will find in every article and video we do not try to defend Jesus Christ because He does not need our feeble attempts.
We do seek to lift up His name and to GLORIFY HIM.
THIS IS SUCH A TRUTH THAT OUR SALVATION IS IN CHRIST ALONE.
IS HE YOUR SAVIOUR?????
There is no video clip yet
The introductory video for this site expresses the passion to fulfill the deep longing in the heart of so many people. Friends let us hunger and thirst for more of God and a deeper need of God
Consume Me
To be completely lost in God serving Him without hesitation and wanting to know more of Him
THE WINDOW OF THE HEART
The Window of the Heart
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (Hebrews 12:3) One of the most remarkable capacities of the human mind is the capacity to direct its own attention to something it chooses.
We can pause and say to our minds, “Think about this, and not that.” We can focus our attention on an idea or a picture or a problem or a hope. It is an amazing power. I doubt that animals have it.
They are probably not self-reflective, but rather governed by impulse and instinct. Have you been neglecting this great weapon in the arsenal of your war against sin? The Bible calls us again and again to use this remarkable gift.
Let’s take this gift off the shelf, and dust it off, and put it to use. For example, Paul says in Romans 8:5–6, “Those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace” (my translation). This is stunning. What you set your mind on determines whether the issue is life or death. Many of us have become far too passive in our pursuit of change and wholeness and peace.
I have the feeling that in our therapeutic age we have fallen into the passive mindset of simply “talking through our problems” or “dealing with our issues” or “discovering the roots of our brokenness in our family of origin.” But I see a much more aggressive, non-passive approach to change in the New Testament. Namely, set your mind. “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2).
Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds. For example, Jesus told us to overcome the emotion of anxiety by what we consider: “Consider the ravens. . . . Consider the lilies” (Luke 12:24, 27).
The mind is the window of the heart. If we let our minds constantly dwell on the dark, the heart will feel dark. But if we open the window of our mind to the light, the heart will feel the light.
Above all, this great capacity of our minds to focus and consider is meant for considering Jesus (Hebrews 12:3). So, let’s do this: “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”
THE MORE I SEEK YOU
If we seek after God we find Him in the depth of a LOVE we have never known before
We
SEEK HIM
FIND HIM
LOVE HIM
Yes there is a walk with God on a plane not found in Casual Christianity
Nor is it in Religion
But
It is in our walk with God and He(God) brings us to a place when we seek after Him !!!!
Angels to Beckon Me
Friends the angels beckon us, circumstance driving us and God CALLING us to be NEARER to God
But
Our own hearts ALSO crying from deep within to be so near to God
What is the WHISPERED cry of your heart today???????
Is it by any chance a?burning desire for more of God and a closer walk with Him
HOLY SPIRIT FIRE DEEP IN MY SOUL
We are in a New Year with yet another set of resolutions nothing wrong with that folks and try to keep to it no matter what
But
So much more precious if we all converged on heaven falling at the feet of Jesus calling on crying out for THE ONCE AGAIN BURNING OF THE FIRE OF THE HOLY in us
Called For A Purpose
True to the Command of God
Not it is not OPTIONAL
THE call and command of God to GO into all the World and make Disciples is clear
OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE
IN CHRIST ALONE
We can Debate it Away
Argue about it
Deny it
Even Ignore It
Reject it
Right now we can spurn it
But
There will come a day that we if guilty of the above wished we embraced it
Yes
Heaven is REACHABLE In Christ Alone
Have Grateful Hearts
Oh to GIVE thanks with a Grateful Heart.
Dear friend find God in a way where you in a very real way show Him how GRATEFUL you are
SAY""HITHERTO HATH THE LORD BLESSED ME""
A Move of The Holy Spirit Over Me??
NOW IS THE TIME WHEN EVERY BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD HAS A VISITATON FROM GOD AND HIS HOLY SPIRIT
What will it TAKE for me to rise to my OCCASION in God meeting His challenge to me for that closer walk with Him ???
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Lord speak your servants heareth
Oh how the creation and so much more the people of God needs to long to hear from God listen to God and obey Him.
Is this the passion of your heart to hear God to draw near to Him and to share This Goodness with a world of loss people looking to be loved
The Disiples were told to ""LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP"" Is this not also a push at the button of us in an ANKLE deep comfort Zone ????
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THE SWEETNESS OF A GRAPE COMES FORTH WITH CRUSHING AND SO TOO THE SWEETNESS OF OUR HEARTS SHOULD OOZE FORTH FROM US UNDER THE TESTING HAND OF GOD
In The Beauty of His Holiness
One purpose and one purpose only and it is that we will grow in God reflecting His Holiness and THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST
RISE UP ON WINGS OF AN EAGLE
RISING TO THE PLANE AND PURPOSE OF GOD FOR US AND IN OUR LIVES
It is the desire and passion of A Branch of the Vine Ministries to through and with the Annointed Word of God to challenge our lives to rise above the shallowness of modern religion
The action and dynamics of God is is looking down from the heavenlies
The ANGEL being hindered bringing the answer to the prayer of Daniel for 21 days was not a ground battle.
It was in the heavens
Let us stop all the ground battles barely surviving and let God TRANSPORT us to the PLANE OF HIS PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES