Abide- some notes to add to my collection of learnings from His Word...

abide |əˈbīd|

verb

1 [ intrans. ] ( abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation) : I said I would abide by their decision.

2 [ trans. ] ( can/could not abide) informal be unable to tolerate (someone or something) : if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline.

3 [ intrans. ] (of a feeling or a memory) continue without fading or being lost.

• archaic live; dwell.

ORIGIN Old English ābīdan [wait,] from ā- ‘onward’ + bīdan (see bide ).

abide

Endure, put up with

Stay or dwell

obey

lasting

abide

Wait on me, not as a servant- but free in what I have planned for you.

Serving God is not being a slave- serving because you have to; it's spending time with Him and then waiting until the time is right, the setting is right- His timing is right- and then going in the knowledge that He has already made a way.

(John 15:4 NKJV) "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

Fasten yourself to me. Grafting- grow from the main source.

(John 15:5 NKJV) "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Acknowledging He is the source- unless we abide in him, we can bear nothing.

(John 15:6 NKJV) "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

We can be cast out like a branch, if we don't abide- graft ourself 

(John 15:7 NKJV) "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

His words abiding in us- you will ask what you desire- and it shall be done for you. Your desire's will come out of His word- His truth, His purpose, His creation.

(John 15:9 NKJV) "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

He wants us right there- in His Love. The love he had from His Father, is the love He has for us.

(John 15:10 NKJV) "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

He shows us how to abide in His love- keep His commandments. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind. Love one another. This is a picture of what He has done, and an example of how we can follow Him in that.

TRUST

We can't trust in people or in things- we can only truly trust in God

People are flawed and imperfect, and it's unfair to expect otherwise

We are being perfected through Christ Jesus