Author: David Branch McBride

Pruning tomato plants.

The Good Gardener

The Good Gardener Scripture: Jesus said:  “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that...

Thanks in All Things

Thanks in All Things

“At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.” Ephesians 5:20 I recently went on a silent retreat. During times of reflection I...

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Created in the Image of God

What does it mean to be made in the Image of God? Does it mean we are images of God? Maybe it means that our image of God forms who we are. What comes to your mind when you think about God?

The Ultimate Goal

The Ultimate Goal

To enjoy God we must have a proper understanding. How do we know God in a way that we can enjoy God? And what does it mean to glorify God.

Loving the Father Again

Relating to God as Father can be difficult in our modern times. Discover the beauty of this masculine and personal way of talking with and knowing God.

Psalm 22:22

What Really Matters

Psalm 22:22 Common English BibleI will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;I will praise you in the very center of the congregation! When my mom was dying of cancer, her pastor shared...

Multiply

04 Sacrificing Everything

“Yes,” said Jesus, “and you won’t regret it. No one who has sacrificed home, spouse, brothers and sisters, parents, children—whatever—will lose out. It will all come back multiplied many times over in your lifetime....

Pruning a branch

03 Pruning Us For Our Good

“Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15:2  Today my friend called me. It’s his 59th...

Gold

02 Are You Willing

Every one whose heart was roused, whose spirit was freely responsive, bringing offerings to God for building the Tent of Meeting, furnishing it for worship and making the holy vestments. They came, both men...

Chained

01 Letting Go

“Pharaoh again became stubborn and refused to let the people go.” Exodus 8:32 It takes time for a spouse to get to the point where they feel the need to be freed from their...