{"id":424,"date":"2021-05-02T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T12:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.32.240.45\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=424"},"modified":"2021-05-02T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T12:15:12","slug":"my-life-and-the-true-vine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2021\/05\/02\/my-life-and-the-true-vine\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life and the True Vine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge, rev&#8217; Nick Mwandia on the 2\/5\/21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/020521_202105\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/020521_202105\/020521.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Psalm 22.25-31<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>25<\/b><\/font>  From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before\nthose who fear him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>26<\/b><\/font>  The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall\npraise the Lord. May your hearts live forever!\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>27<\/b><\/font>  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families\nof the nations shall worship before him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>28<\/b><\/font>  For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he\nrules over the nations.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>29<\/b><\/font>  To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all\nwho go down to the dust, and I shall live for him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>30<\/b><\/font>  Posterity will serve him; future\ngenerations will be told about the Lord, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>31<\/b><\/font>  and proclaim his deliverance to a people\nyet unborn, saying that he has done it.\n<br><br><br>\n\n<font color=\"red\">Gospel Reading: John 15.1-8<\/font>\n\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>1<\/b><\/font>  \u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. \n\n<font color=-\"blue\"><b>2<\/b><\/font>  He removes every branch\nin me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear\nmore fruit. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>3<\/b><\/font>  You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to\nyou. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>4<\/b><\/font>  Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself\nunless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>5<\/b><\/font>  I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear\nmuch fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>6<\/b><\/font>  Whoever does not abide in\nme is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown\ninto the fire, and burned.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>7<\/b><\/font>  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it\nwill be done for you. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>8<\/b><\/font>  My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and\nbecome my disciples.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our priest in charge, rev&#8217; Nick Mwandia on the 2\/5\/21. Sermon starts at 2:45 Download Mp3&nbsp;HERE! 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