If you abide in Me, and My


 words abide in you, ask whatever 


you wish, and it will be done for


 you. By this My Father is glorified, 


that you bear much fruit and so 


prove to be My disciples.

“I am the True Vine, and My Father


 is the Vinedresser. 

Fruit will not be produced if the vine is 


not attached or is broken off

According to Scripture...


If anyone does not abide in God he is thrown 


away like a branch and withers; and the branches


 are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

One may be able to obtain wealth, 


start a business, get an education, buy cars and 


homes... to name a few, but part from God, 


we are like a ship abandoned at sea, alone and


powerless, drifting along without rudder or


 oar, tossed by the strong currents of the wind


 and waves. 

True peace, joy, and fulfillment in our lives can


 only be realized...when God is God in our lives.

"Abide in Me, and I in you.


As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,


unless it abides in the vine,


neither can you, unless you abide in Me.



  Abide with me!


Fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens: 


Lord, with me abide!


When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,


Help of the helpless, abide with me!


For a hundred years these words have been 


sung, or spoken, or whispered by men and


women in time of need.

The words were sung while the Titanic was sinking.




In World War I, 


Nurse Edith Cavell


repeated the hymn 


as she faced 


the firing squad.

It has often been heard in prison camps,


 and it has sounded faintly through the wreckage


of caved-in mines.

If a branch is not bearing fruit, God will take it away.


Every branch that God prunes is pruned so that it will 


bear more fruit. God also prunes us, and although, it 


can be painful, at the time, the pruning helps us to


become more fruitful. Apart from God, we are broken 


and unfulfilled.

Our humanity thrives when we 


abide in God.


 John 15:8 says, “By this My Father is glorified, 


that you bear much fruit and so prove to be


 My disciples.” 


God Himself is the Vine. We are totally dependent 


branches grafted into the Vine.

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