Jesus Is My Help – John 15 – RESOLVING TO DO LESS

This is “Namma for Christ” with the two hundred ninety-ninth inspirational message dated Monday, January 12th, 2026.  The title of this message is, “Jesus Is My Help – John 15 – RESOLVING TO DO LESS”.  The first four words of the title of this message are also the same four words in the title of the below anointed song/video, “Jesus Is My Help” by “Hezekiah Walker”.  The message’s scripture is below as found in the 4^th through the 12^th verses of the 15^th chapter  of John:

John 15:4-12

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴ 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.

⁵ “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. ⁶ 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. ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. ¹² This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

 

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  

I recently read the message for the day (for December 31st, 2025) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable and “thought-provoking”.  

 
 I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our Daily Bread Ministries has the website of:  www.odb.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:

 

RESOLVING TO DO LESS 

⁵Apart from me – you can do nothing.

John 15:5 (NIV)

 

Today's Scripture & Insight:

John 15:4-12

 

                    When we think about New Year’s resolutions, what probably comes to mind is a list of lofty ambitions we rarely achieve (80% of New year’s resolutions are already abandoned by mid-February). Author Amy Wilson suggests a better idea might be to reject entirely “the idea that we have to fix ourselves before our lives can get better.” Wilson suggests that, instead of adding commitments, we see the new year as an opportunity to do less, to finally “start saying no” to some of the “oversized and ongoing commitments that take our time and energy without giving us much in return.”

           In a world of constant pressure to do and be more, it can be easy to miss the radically different rhythm of life Jesus invited His disciples into – one of abiding in Him. In John 15, Jesus described Himself as “the true vine” (see verse 1) and His disciples as “the branches” (see verse 5).

           Vine branches don’t grow through working harder but through the nourishment received from the vine. So, too, the growth we long for can only be experienced when we let go of self-reliance in exchange for resting in and finding nourishment in Christ, for “apart from (Him) you can do nothing” (see verse 5).

           Through Jesus, we have hope for a life of less anxiety. Less striving. And more resting in God’s love and letting it flow to those around us (see John 15 verses 12 and 17).

 

                By Monica La Rose for ODB

 

Gracious God, please help me surrender my self-reliance to rest in You.

  Please enjoy the below anointed song/video, “Jesus Is My Help” by “Hezekiah Walker”.

 (I do not own the rights to this song.)

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BE BLESSED!