True Vine Branch Mission

03/05/2026

It is Written: "Behold the guilt of S***m: "Careless ease and abundant food..." What is the ruinous effect of our slack hand?
Proverbs 18:9He who is slothful in his work
Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

Master your inner world—or chaos will crown itself inside you.Because disorder never arrives as “rebellion.” It arrives as relief.It whispers, “Later.” It ca...

02/22/2026

Oh Christians where are our crosses? The "Benedictine Method" is an example of starting small and building up our cooperation with following Him with requires/includes the reality of carrying our own crosses by grace through faith working in us both to will and to do.
Matthew 16:24-26
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

You were not called into faith as a spectator. You were enlisted. If you have been living as if heaven exists to keep you comfortable, then you have misunder...

02/19/2026

Praying in the Spirit with a yielded and repentant heart opens the flow of the Spirit of GOD in and through us. Paul said "I will pray with my mind and I will pray with my spirit." I don't agree with 100% with the video about the tounges because there are sometimes on people where there is a soveregn move of a yielded Spirit but yes it can be pressed into as well by faith of the Christian.

What Really Happens When You Pray in Tongues for 20 Minutes a DayGet Corey's books at: https://coreyrussell.org/books 📕 Teach Us To Pray: https://a.co/d/5Nh...

02/18/2026

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Multitudes have created their own "Jesus" in their own minds who would never say something like that...have they created a false Jesus? The Holy Scripture shows that the answer is yes.
Jesus clearly declares, that the degree to which one chooses a lifestyle of intimate communion with the Lord Jesus as our Savior and Lord, forsaking all manner of sin, is something used to measure us on the day of judgment. In fact, Jesus clearly says that many will be rejected by Him, and will be surprised who operate in the Spirit of God in Jesus name, and yet are Rejected on the day of judgement.
But for many of His faithful, they will seek for the promise of the Spirit of God, receive it, and operate in it; but with humility, reverence, and Godly fear.

02/15/2026

This is a video on the “Day of Pentecost!” of the 2008. Acknowledgment and Ordination of Michael Joseph Featherstone as a minister of the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ, and as an elder to the body of Christ.
I am posting this video of he and I at the request of his spiritual family.
Mike functioned in Christ, and as part of True Vine Ministries and Church AND our marketplace ministry, from aprox. 2005 through 2008, full-time in Austin, TX prior to the ministry moving to Lubbock, Texas in 2008.
Mike went on to become the coordinating minister in charge of what used to be “Church under the Bridge” which was an open-air church in Austin, TX sponsored also mainly by “Mission Possible” in Austin, Texas. The church/outreach which met on Sundays under the I-35 Interstate bridge on the west side of downtown Austin, where many attended (usually around 175-250 including many homeless persons). That is also where the video is filmed.
Mike was a solid Christian, a godly man, and a fruitful minister of the Lord Jesus Christ “in the lion’s den” as well as a good friend. He has passed on to be with the Lord.
We love you Mike and will see you soon again, face-to-face.

02/12/2026

I hope this song blesses you, as it did me today. I know these boys somewhat. Landon and I did not agree on everything...bless his heart, but he sure has the worship anointing and loves GOD! I have not seen him in years. We did some ministry back in the day in DFW for a minute. He was a prophetic evangelist...the real thing. Wow. I just see on facebook he passed in 2020. Now his kids are carrying the praise music on… I love you brother!

He used to go down to Mardi Gra and street play and witness for the LORD and do that kind of thing…like showing up to a secular venu and playing a worship song as he did here:
(also remember you can speed it up on youtube by clicking on the “gear” icon a circle with rectangle gears around it.)

Johnny Red & Landon Spradlin teamed up at the 2017 Dallas International Guitar Show!Johnnie Red (Guitar and Vocals), Landon Spradlin (Guitar and Vocals), Way...

12/13/2025

Only in GOD is our soul at rest:

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupPsalm 62 (Only In God) · John Michael TalbotMaster Collection℗ 1989 Sparrow RecordsReleased on: 1989-01-01Produce...

04/18/2025

A short excerpt from an abbreviated prayerbook:

A Prayer of the Optina Elders

O Lord, grant me strength to meet with serenity everything forthcoming today. Grant me to submit completely to Thy holy will. At every hour of this day guide and support me in all things. Whatsoever news may reach me in the course of this day, teach me to accept it with calmness and the conviction that all is subject to Thy holy will.

In all my words and actions direct my thoughts and feelings. In all unexpected occurances, do not let me forget that all is sent down by Thee. Teach me to deal straightforwardly and wisely with every member of my family, neither embarassing nor saddening anyone.

O Lord, grant me strength to endure the fatigue of the coming day and all the events that take place during it. Direct my will and teach me to pray, to believe, to hope, to be patient, to forgive and to love. Amen.

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02/10/2025

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02/10/2025

Demonstration of a type of New Covenant Sacrifice. Many in the church have forgotten that we Christians have a spiritual altar and that an altar is for a number of things but also, as a primary function, an altar is there for sacrifices unto the LORD of hosts. So then, as a demonstration of this, the video below is of a demonstration of a type of sacrifice that can and should be made under the new covenant that we have with GOD. Similar to that explained in Acts Chapter 10. We often do not show such things openly but rather in secret. Sometimes we are prompted to do certain things openly: Matthew 5:16
Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Mat 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

08/24/2024

Do not worry about the honorable martyr Stephen. He got his ticket punched to be received up into heaven and be given a glorified body post haste. Just imagine the glory he got transitioned into after he crossed through death itself and into the first heaven and the fullness of the glorious heavenly Zion.