I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Hardcover JournalI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

that the gospel requires

the Mother of God

All is feebler than a shadow

For God so loved the world

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inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world

do not utterly forsake me

and shows that little divides angels from men if they are willing to perfect themselves

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how much more would I be praying after a year

transgressing Thy commands