YOU ARE GOD’S GARDEN

1 Cor 3:9 (KJV)

9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's HUSBANDRY, ye are God's building.

1091 georgion (gheh-ore'-ghee-on) HUSBANDRY;

neuter of a (presumed) derivative of 1092; cultivate, i.e. a FARM:

1 Cor 3:9 (NIV)

9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's FIELD, God's building.

* * * ALL WE HAVE TO BE IS WILLING AND OBEDIENT * * *

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Phil 2:13 (TLB)

13 For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then helping you do what he wants.( You still have to obey Him and do what He wants, but He is there HELPING YOU ! )

Phil 1:6 (NIV)

6 being confident of this, that HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CARRY IT ON TO COMPLETION until the day of Christ Jesus.

Phil 1:6 (TLB)

6 And I am sure that God who began the good work within you WILL KEEP RIGHT ON HELPING YOU GROW IN HIS GRACE UNTIL HIS TASK WITHIN YOU IS FINALLY FINISHED on that day when Jesus Christ returns.

Heb 12:1-2 (NIV)

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the AUTHOR AND PERFECTER of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

YOU ARE GOD’S GARDEN .. HE IS TENDING YOU ... you only have 2 responsibilities:

#1) BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT:

Isa 1:19-20 (NIV)

19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

#2) KEEP YOURSELVES IN GOD'S LOVE

Jude 1:21 (NIV)

21 Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

John 15:1-12 (NIV)

1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 He cuts off every BRANCH in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 "I am the vine; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

John 15:1-4 (TLB)

1 "I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Gardener.

2 He lops off every branch that doesn't produce. And he prunes those branches that bear fruit for even larger crops.

3 He has already tended you by pruning you back for greater strength and usefulness by means of the commands I gave you.

4 Take care to live in me, and let me live in you. For a branch can't produce fruit when severed from the vine. Nor can you be fruitful apart from me.

Isa 51:3 (NIV)

3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

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