”I know for me many years ago when I first started serving the Lord and truly wanting to live for Him and learn of Him..this is one of the very first scriptures that He lead me to..I remember in particularly one evening I was getting ready for church and I was on the schedule to sing..and I would get so nervous..because you want it to be perfect for your Father in heaven..you want it to be anointed..you want it to touch the hearts of the people in the congregation..so all day I prayed and cried..and on and on I went practically begging the Lord to please let it go well..let the people receive it..Amen..and so about 20 minutes before Erik, Anthony & I were to leave the house..I grabbed up my Bible and the Lord took my eyes to this passage of scripture..and it said this to me..”I am the true vine..you are the branch..Amen..if you remain in me and my word remains in you..whatever you ask it will be given to you..for apart from me you can do nothing..but if you remain in me you will bear much fruit..now remain in my love..and what is love?..God..(John 15:1-9/1 John 4:8)..Amen!”

”And in that moment right there in my living room everything changed for me..because at that moment I understood that first off I do abide in my Lord..and second that He is the vine..the true vine that gives life and fruit to me..Amen..for apart from Him I truly cannot do anything..but with Him I can do all things..so it changed everything..Amen..because all to well when storms happen in life..sickness comes..confusion..doubt..second guessing all of these things..that is when we begin to focus our attention on everything but our true source of life..the Giver of Life..which is King Jesus..Amen..and in turn we should be focusing on our connection point if you will to God..as He says remain in my love..Amen!”

”Because when we know that we are connected to the Lord..then we know that we will bear fruit..the He will answer our prayers..that He is faithful to the very end..that we go through the fire..Praise the Lord..but we will not be burned..Amen..we go through the valley but we will come out of the valley..we go through the hardship..but we come out of the hardship..we go through difficult and many difficult seasons of life..but as long as we know that we are connected to the true source of life..which is Jesus..then we know all is well..and all will be well..for you and I..I love the song that says this..I have never seen the righteous forsaken..or Gods seed begging bread..well, you may be down today..but look up your help is on the way..dark clouds may dim your sky..but He will answer you by and by..if you take one step..He’ll take two..Oh, it’s just amazing at what the Lord can do..for I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken..or Gods seed begging bread..Hallelujah..so know this day who your Father is and just what all He can and will do for you..Amen..so let us all stay connected to the true vine of life..the Giver of Life..and let us remain in His love..always and forever..which again is King Jesus our Lord and Savior..Amen!”

”For it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen & Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi