“We must live in all kinds of days, both high days and low days, in simple dependence upon Christ as the branch on the vine. This is the supreme experience” KindChristianChristSimpleLowsChristian InspirationalSupremeAll KindsBranchesDependenceVines Author:Vance Havner
“Remember, you are not a tree, that can live or stand alone. You are only a branch. And it is only while you abide in Christ, as the branch in the vine, that you will flourish or even live.” RememberChristTreeBranchesRemember YouRemembers YouVinesStand Alone Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne
“That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support.” HeartDoeChristSupportRoundsVinesCleaving Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture
“Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field, and the lily of the valley. When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty cedar nor the sturdy oak nor the spreading palm; but in a bush, a humble, slender, abject shrub; as if He would, by these elections, check the conceited arrogance of man.” IfsMenChristTreeFieldsHumilityWallLowsElectionRosePlantPatientHumbleChecksChosenBeastArroganceHelpfulValleysServing GodPalmsMosesCreepsLambsLoftyOaksLiliesDoveVinesConceitedSlenderSturdyFowlCedarsShrubs Author:Owen Feltham
“Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things which are not our own, we can have no just claim.” ChristJusticeTaughtLessonsClaimsSublimeVinesTaught UsParablesDressers Author:James F. Cooper
“The act of the soul, in surrendering itself into the hands of Christ, forms a connecting bond between Him as the Vine and the soul as the branches, which communicates life, strength, nourishment, and beauty. In a word, with a just view of the character, and a supreme attachment to the person of Christ, the believer yields himself into His hands as a full and complete Saviour. Him he receives; upon Him he rests, and rests for time and eternity.” PersonsSoulCharacterHandsFormChristViewsEternityCommunicateBelieverSupremeBranchesAttachmentYieldConnectingSaviourNourishmentVinesLife Strength Book:Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character Source: Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character
“Faith is the vital artery of the soul. When we begin to believe, we begin to love. Faith grafts the soul into Christ, as the scion into the stock, and fetches all its nutriment from the blessed Vine.” BelieveSoulChristBlessedVinesArteriesFetchFaith In LoveScions Author:Richard Watson