Jesus said, I am the true vine.
And my father is the vine dresser.
He keeps us, we hope, on a straight line.
Whoever we are the greater or the lessor.

Every branch in me that bears no fruit.
He cuts away.
But in him we surely will bear fruit.
That is what we pray.

And every branch that does bear fruit.
He prunes to make it bear even more.
We are that rich fruit.
And he knows us to our very spiritual core.

By means of the word I have spoken to you.
Make your home in me as I make mine in you.

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He’s the vine dresser
We are the branch that he prunes
And also the fruit

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See John 15: 1-8