2012-08-27T14:48:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/branch/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/how-to-avoid-a-spiritual-hernia-6684 2012-08-27T14:48:43-05:00 Don't get it backwards. You're not the vine producing the fruit. Jesus said, "I'm the vine. All you are is the branch." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:5&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:57:24-05:00 Just as a branch separated from its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any fruit, so we are helpless when were not connected to Jesus, the source of our hope and salvation.