Today's Verse: John 15:6 (NIV)
If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

Christ said these words in his Farewell Discourse when He spoke to His disciples. If we are not a part of Christ, then we are a part of nothing. We are like the branch of a tree that has fallen off the tree and now is only good for firewood.

Today's Comments: It is through God's grace which enables our faith in God, that we remain a part of Jesus Christ, and He remains in us. And because we belong to Christ, we also belong to each other, as well. We are a part of a tree in which its branches are members of Christ's Church. This is not just the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Church. It is Christ's Church, the fellowship of all believers. God is not "my father" in the Lord's Prayer. He is "our father." Those who split the church through either heresy or schism are guilty of hurting the other members of God's church. On the other hand, if we are truly united in Christ, then we are united in one another. And we must strive to keep that unity and pray not only for our own soul, but for all of our souls, together.