Abide in Me and I in you As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine neither can you unless you abide in Me ldquo I am the vine you are the branches He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit for without Me you can do nothing If anyone does not abide in Me he is cast out as a branch and is withered and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned If you abide in Me and My words abide in you you a will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you

Then God blessed them and God said to them ldquo Be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air and over every living thing that a moves on the earth rdquo

Therefore my brethren you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ that you may be married to another mdash to Him who was raised from the dead that we should bear fruit to God

Then He said ldquo To what shall we liken the kingdom of God Or with what parable shall we picture it 31 It is like a mustard seed which when it is sown on the ground is smaller than all the seeds on earth 32 but when it is sown it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs and shoots out large branches so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade rdquo

ldquo Joseph is a fruitful bough A fruitful bough by a well His branches run over the wall The archers have bitterly grieved him Shot at him and hated him But his bow remained in strength And the arms of his hands were a made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob From there is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel By the God of your father who will help you And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above Blessings of the deep that lies beneath Blessings of the breasts and of the womb The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills They shall be on the head of Joseph And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers

Then God blessed them and God said to them ldquo Be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air and over every living thing that a moves on the earth rdquo

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma Then the Lord said in His heart ldquo I will never again curse the ground for man rsquo s sake although the imagination a of man rsquo s heart is evil from his youth nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done

And the angel answered and said to her ldquo The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will overshadow you therefore also that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God

For this reason ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God rsquo s people I have not stopped giving thanks for you remembering you in my prayers I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the glorious Father may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people

Then one of the elders said to me ldquo Do not weep See the Lion of the tribe of Judah the Root of David has triumphed He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals rdquo Then I saw a Lamb looking as if it had been slain standing at the center of the throne encircled by the four living creatures and the elders The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth