{"id":362,"date":"2025-07-04T19:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/2025\/07\/04\/larry-craddick-the-vine\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:46:55","slug":"larry-craddick-the-vine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/2025\/07\/04\/larry-craddick-the-vine\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Craddick the Vine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_76332\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kv4lwzEairk?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John 15 (NLT)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>1\u00a0<\/b>\u201cI am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26667\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>2\u00a0<\/b>He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn\u2019t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26668\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>3\u00a0<\/b>You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26669\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>4\u00a0<\/b>Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26670\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>5\u00a0<\/b>\u201cYes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26671\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>6\u00a0<\/b>Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26672\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>7\u00a0<\/b>But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"en-NLT-26673\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: system-ui, apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>8\u00a0<\/b>When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. 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