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REBECCA LAMB WEISS:
ONE PERSON WOULD ASK ME

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WHAT IS THE BEST PIECE OF
ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE,

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THE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
I WOULD GIVE IS THIS:

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IN YOUR LIFE IS TO HAVE A

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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

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NOW, IT SOUNDS SIMPLE,
BUT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF

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CHRISTIANS DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT A

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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS AND HOW
TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

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AND I REMEMBER I WAS IN
BIBLE SCHOOL AND I KNEW I

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WAS CALLED TO MINISTRY AND
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS

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DOING, I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW HOW TO DO MINISTRY.

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AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY I
WAS DRIVING HOME AND GOD

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SPOKE TO ME AND HE SAID,
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR

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LIFE AND FOR MINISTRY
WILL COME FROM HAVING A

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RELATIONSHIP WITH ME.

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SO FOCUS ON ME, AND I WILL
FILL IN EVERYTHING ELSE.

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IT REMINDS ME OF THAT
VERSE, FOR JESUS SAYS,

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I AM THE VINE,
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.

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HE WHO ABIDES IN ME AND I
IN HIM BEARS MUCH FRUIT

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FOR WITHOUT ME YOU
CAN DO NOTHING.

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AND I REMEMBERED THE FIRST
TIME GOD ACTUALLY SPOKE

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THAT VERSE TO ME WAS WHEN
I WAS IN SUMMER CAMP AND I

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WAS ASKING GOD, HOW DO I DO
THIS WHOLE CHRISTIAN THING?

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I WANT TO SERVE YOU, I
WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU,

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BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

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AND HE SPOKE TO
ME AND HE SAID,

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ABIDE IN ME AND
I'LL ABIDE IN YOU.

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I HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME
THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM JOHN 15.

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I WOULD ACTUALLY FIGURE IT OUT
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

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BUT WHAT JESUS IS ACTUALLY
REFERENCING THERE IS,

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HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH ME.

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I AM THE VINE,
YOU ARE THE BRANCH.

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THEREFORE WE'RE ACTUALLY
SUPPOSED TO LIVE OUR LIVES

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IN HIM.

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AND EVERYTHING WE NEED
WILL COME FROM HIM.

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AND THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN PRODUCE FRUIT IS BY

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ABIDING IN THE VINE.

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AND SO HOW DO YOU
ABIDE IN THE VINE?

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BY HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.

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AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHY JESUS CAME TO EARTH.

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HE SAYS IN JOHN 10:10, I
HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY

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HAVE LIFE AND HAVE
IT ABUNDANTLY.

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WELL, HOW DO WE
EXPERIENCE ABUNDANT LIFE?

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IT'S THROUGH
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

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AND JESUS DIDN'T JUST COME
TO EARTH TO DIE ON THE CROSS

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SO THAT YOU COULD
BE FORGIVEN OF YOUR SINS.

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JESUS DIDN'T JUST COME TO
EARTH SO THAT YOU COULD

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GET A PASS TO HAVE
SALVATION TO GET INTO HEAVEN.

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JESUS CAME TO EARTH TO
RESTORE RELATIONSHIP THAT

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HAD BEEN BROKEN
AND LOST BY SIN.

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AND SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY
LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JESUS,

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EVERYTHING HE DID IN LIFE
AND MINISTRY WAS FROM HIS

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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER.

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AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THIS
BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP

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BETWEEN JESUS
AND THE FATHER.

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IT SAYS IN JOHN 10:3, IT SAYS,
THE FATHER AND I,

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JESUS SAYS,
THE FATHER AND I ARE ONE.

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AND YOU SEE THAT JESUS
WOULD GO AWAY TO PRAY AND

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THAT HE WOULD HAVE THIS
TIME OF INTIMATE TIME WITH

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THE LORD IN THAT HE WOULD
HEAR WHAT THE FATHER WOULD

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HAVE TO SAY.

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HE ACTUALLY SAID
AT ONE POINT,

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I ONLY DO WHAT THE FATHER
TELLS ME TO DO.

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I ONLY SAY WHAT THE FATHER
TELLS ME TO SAY.

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AND THIS IS THE KIND
OF RELATIONSHIP WE ARE

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SUPPOSED TO HAVE WITH GOD.

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WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
THAT CLOSE INTIMACY WITH HIM

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AND THEN WE LIVE
OUR LIVES OUT OF THAT

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RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHAT JESUS DID.

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AND SO I JUST WANT TO
ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT

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EVERYTHING YOU
NEED FOR LIFE,

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EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
COMES FROM HAVING A

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RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND
IS SO VITAL THAT YOU NOT

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ONLY GO
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

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I LIKE TO SAY THERE'S TWO WAYS
THAT I LIKE TO LIVE OUT

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A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.

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IT'S IN THE DAY-TO-DAY
LIFE WHERE AS I'M GOING

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THROUGHOUT MY DAY, I LIKE
TO BE MINDFUL OF HIM,

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I LIKE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH HIM.

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AND AS THINGS ARE BUSY,
I HAVE THAT TIME BEING

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MINDFUL THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.

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AND THEN ALSO WHEN I MAKE
TIME IN MY DAY TO SPEND

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WITH HIM, WHETHER IT'S
TEN MINUTES, TWENTY MINUTES,

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THIRTY MINUTES, WHERE I
CAN QUIET MYSELF AND FOCUS

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ON HIM AND WORSHIP HIM AND
HEAR HIS VOICE AND HAVE

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HIS SPIRIT WASH OVER
ME AND CLEANSE ME.

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AND I'M TELLING YOU,
IT IS MY LIFELINE.

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IT IS HOW I DO WHAT I DO
AND IT IS THE JOY OF MY LIFE.

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AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN

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HAVE THE SAME, AND THAT
WHEN YOU PUT HIM FIRST AND

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YOU PUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD FIRST,

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EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU
NEED IN LIFE WILL FALL

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INTO PLACE, WILL
COME FROM HIM.

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SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
YOU GUYS WITH THAT TODAY,

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THAT YOU WERE CREATED
TO HAVE A VIBRANT

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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
THAT YOU WERE MEANT TO

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DWELL WITHIN THE VINE.

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AND THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT,
EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED

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WILL FALL INTO PLACE.

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REBECCA: HEY,
THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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