{"id":3585,"date":"2017-04-08T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T20:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/08\/apart-from-you-i-can-do-nothing\/"},"modified":"2017-04-08T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T20:10:03","slug":"apart-from-you-i-can-do-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/08\/apart-from-you-i-can-do-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration of Dependence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u200b“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. – John 15:5<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apart from You I can do nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

A 7-word declaration of Dependence, where you highlight your insufficiency and total reliance on a Person from a higher realm.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s your confession that you are the lesser one in need of the aide of the Greater One.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s you being the vacuum that invites the Fullness of all Creation to diffuse into the space you’ve created.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s your exhalation that triggers His Inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s your weakness enabling His Strength to be made perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s the antithesis of the twin deceptions in the world: self-reliant independence and worthless low self-esteem…neither of which acknowledge the Presence and Preeminence of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Without you we’d be homeless,” they said<\/a>…offering a shadow of this truth being used by writers, musicians and artists who realise their need to lean on their audience.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

It’s something you must never forget; something that must be a constant meditation, day and night:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Apart from You I  can do nothing.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Because when you grasp this truth, like a silver coin fished out of a muddy puddle…you notice that on the other side of it is written: <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u200b“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. – John 15:5 Apart from You I can do nothing. A 7-word declaration of Dependence, where you highlight your insufficiency and total reliance on a Person … <\/p>\n

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