Week 8

GOD IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU (Part 1)

By Sandra Clifton, D.Min.

 

Begin your study by reading “God is Able to Keep You ” by Andrew Murray (SpiritLed Woman magazine, Aug/Sept, 2006).

 

Introduction

Regardless of what you face this week, God is able to keep you—and with Jesus as your “Vine” and you “His branch” you will remain attached to Him and protected in all circumstances.

 

What God Says

Read John 15:1-7.

 

Write out John 15:5.

 

Deeper Insight

Read the following scriptures (in New King James Version, as the exercises to follow will be based on that). Make brief notes of what passage has to say about God being able to keep you and bless you at all times.

 

John 15:1-7:_____________________________________________________

 

John 16:24:______________________________________________________

 

1 Cor. 1:30:______________________________________________________

 

1 Cor. 16:13:_____________________________________________________

 

Application

Fill in the blanks of the scriptures below (NKJV) taken from the previous Deeper Insight section. Check afterward to see how you did by looking up each one. Put each one on a 3x5 note card, memorizing them, as reminders that God is able to keep you, no matter what you are going through.

 

John 15:7: “If you ____ in Me, and My _____ abide in you, you will ____ what you ______, and it shall be ____  for you.

 

John 16:24: “Until now you have _____ nothing in My name. Ask, and you will ________, that your ____ may be full.”

 

1 Cor. 16:13: “Watch, stand ____ __in the ______, be ____, be ____.”

 

For Group Study

Begin your group time by reading aloud John 15:1-7, and go verse by verse, discussing the significance of each one and adding what each one might mean to each member of the group (drawing upon any time when it was evident to them that Jesus was the Vine and they were the branches and were able to draw great strength from Him).

Close the meeting by asking if anyone needs to be lifted up and strengthened this week (for specifics requested or in general). Pray thanks to God that each and every one of the group is a branch, connected to Jesus the Vine. Give thanks that each one can draw great strength from Him, their Vine.

 

Prayer

Memorize all of John 15:1-7. Thank the Lord that as your Vine (with you His branch), you can draw strength, confidence, and health from Him, no matter what your circumstances are. Thank Him that He feeds you, nourishes you, and blesses you at all times through your day and your week. Thank Him for a very blessed week!