Vineyard – Goals of Our Vineyard

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Vineyard – Goals of Our Vineyard

Finishing the Vineyard series – what’s the purpose of our vineyard? The purpose of any vineyard really? To produce great wine reflecting the glory of its owner. And that’s our goals as a believer too… To reflect and point to the Glory of God and to follow Him to the ends of the earth. “Follow […]

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Vineyard – New Wine

Continuing our Vineyard series looking at the parallels of the life of a believer to the life of a vineyard; this week looks at the “grape to bottle” process. The crushing that happens with salvation and opening of our flesh to the light of the Son. The pressing of being discipled into transformation and the […]

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Vineyard – Preparing for Harvest

Continuing in the Vineyard series, comparing the life of a believer to the life cycle of a vineyard…. Second critical process to establish during years 3-5 of the Vineyard, is cleaning in preparation of the upcoming harvest. No one wants to drink the wine produced in a dirty barrel. No one wants to find out […]

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Vineyard – Pruning Anxiety

Years 3-5 of a Vineyard, the vine dressing is critical. That means pruning will happen. But who does the pruning is key to future fruit production. The vine can’t prune itself, it needs the skillful hands of the Vine Dresser. Did you know anxiety comes from trying to control everything? Did you also know you […]

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Vineyard – Connecting to Community

Did you know that there are two things that are critical to the success of a vineyard that must happen in the first three years from planting? First – a strong root system must be established (listen to last week’s session “Vineyard – Rooted in Jesus”), and the vine branches must become thoroughly entwined to […]

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Vineyard – Rooted In Jesus

In Part 2 of Vineyard (where we look at the life of a believer in relation to a vineyard); we take a deep look at the root system. Did you know the first three years of a vineyard are devoted to establishing a strong root system? Without it, the vines will never be able to […]

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Vineyard – It’s Not A Miracle, It’s Natural

This Sunday starts the beginning of a new series titled “Vineyard”, a look at the life of a believer through the life of a vineyard. It starts with Jesus’ first miracle…. water to wine. Yet, did you know that’s not the real miracle in the story? Tune in to hear what the REAL miracle was.