This speaks to me in so many ways & at so many levels.
Read it slowly & see what God has to say to you through it...
John 15
1 "I am the true grapevine,
and my Father is the gardener.
2 He
cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit,
and he prunes
the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.
4 Remain
in me,
and I will remain in you.
For a branch cannot produce fruit if
it is severed from the vine,
and you cannot be fruitful unless you
remain in me.
5 "Yes,
I am the vine;
you are the branches.
Those who remain in me, and I in
them, will produce much fruit.
For apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Anyone
who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and
withers.
Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples.
This brings great glory to my Father.
9 "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me.
Remain in my love.
10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy.
Yes, your joy will overflow!
12 This is my commandment:
Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
13 There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
15 I
no longer call you slaves,
because a master doesn't confide in his
slaves.
Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the
Father told me.
16 You
didn't choose me.
I chose you.
I appointed you to go and produce
lasting fruit,
so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for,
using my name.
17 This is my command:
Love each other.
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