Secrets of the Vine
Breaking Through to Abundance
Chapter One
Stories from
the Vineyard
Have you ever been with someone very close to
you who is about to die, someone who loves
you and wants to leave you with a final word?
"Come closer." You lean close, straining to hear.
"I want to tell you something. I've waited until
now ... but I can't wait any longer."
You know that you'll remember every word for the
rest of your life.
Now imagine that the person who is about to speak
is Jesus. How closely would you listen? How long and hard
would you ponder your Lord's last words to you?
In the pages to come, I invite you to encounter, perhaps
for the first time, Jesus' words in John 15-the heart
of His final message to His disciples on the night He was
betrayed. By dusk the following day, Jesus would be
stretched out on a cross, His body stripped and pierced,
His life ebbing away.
Jesus knew the words He spoke that night would echo
in His friends' memories for years.
In time, the truth of His
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