Thank you for praying for us as I continue preaching and singing for the glory of God! We have seen the Lord working powerfully in the services! Altars have been filled and the saints are making decision and are being stirred as the Mighty Word of God is preached! The recent revival meeting at Hanna Street Baptist Church with Pastor Smith and the dear folks was powerful! It has been exciting to see how the Lord is using the music that I have recently written and have been singing for His Glory before I preach. We are thankful for your prayers and to those who give towards our ministry!

It has been wonderful to see how the Lord has increased the traffic to our website! We have seen days of nearly 2000 visitors! Glory to God! Many have been encouraged and challenged by the writings that have been posted. I enjoy writing and I am thankful for the opportunity to share through the website. We have had our writings published in church announcements. I am careful to give God all the Glory! Our prayer page continues to grow with over 100 Ministries, Pastors, Preachers, Evangelist and Missionaries being prayed for by many! Praising the Lord for answered prayer!

Thanks again for so many being such as blessing to us.

In Christ,
Bro. Tracy

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
John 15:5
 
Oswald Chambers asked a pertinent question, “Are we living in such human dependence upon Jesus Christ that His life is being manifested moment by moment?”  I have learned that questions will provoke and prick our hearts, and in doing so, there is the opportunity for one to take action for the things of God.  Questions will bring one to the threshold of a choice.  In this sense, confrontation is not a bad thing.  Pressure often is the vehicle used to produce spiritual fruit.  In my walk with the Lord, I have found it to be a tool used by the Lord.

The branch can do nothing without the nutrient giving vine. The branch merely bares that which the vine makes possible.  This is what the Lord Jesus is teaching us in today’s verse.  As we abide (Or fix our hearts and lives upon Jesus) in Christ, He will produce the fruit in our lives.  This is an inward work in each believer that will result in the manifestation of an outward showing of the power of God.  Jesus said, “Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me” (John 15:4).

My wife and I have many persimmon trees on our property but, there is one that stands out from all of the others.  It does not appear to be a tree that one would ever expect a bountiful supply of fruit.  But every fall, this straggly tree is a powerhouse of fruit.  This puny tree has something going on that no one can see.  It is abiding in the vine and is bearing the fruit to prove it.  Remember, we can do nothing and we are nothing without Christ. 

Thanks for visiting and thanks for praying,
Bro. Tracy