ABIDE IN ME

Abide in me
And you will see
The fruit of a life
Dedicated to me

Gotta run this race
While you have time
Don’t look back
Stay attached to the vine

Come on dear friends
And bare much fruit
Proclaim the word
No time to be cute

Jesus is waiting
For us today
To tell everybody
That there’s only one way

To find true love
To live forever
Believe in Jesus
Don’t have to be clever

God, gave Jesus,
To forgive your sin
To open Heaven’s door
So you can come in

Side step those flames
Embrace new life
Glorify God
Hope in Jesus Christ

Abide in Jesus
And bear good fruit
Live forever
Never be mute

Shout from the roof tops
Jesus Lives
Abide in Christ
New life He gives!


This rhyme was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:

Fifth Sunday of Easter
John 15:1-8 (NRSV)
Christ the vine

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.


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