Have you ever thought about how the Word of God is like a garden tool? Just like a tool helps a gardener cultivate and maintain their garden, the Word of God helps us cultivate and maintain our hearts and minds in line with God and His will for our lives, which is ultimately to grow into Christlikeness.

BIBLE PASSAGES/TEXT

Psalm 119:18-24; 37; 105 “Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.  18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.  19 I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me!  20 My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times.  21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.  22 Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.  23 Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.  24  Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors…  37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;  and give me life in your ways… 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."