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The One Thing He Commands Us As His Branches Is To Bear Fruit. Let Us Live To Bless Others, To Testify Of The Life And The Love There Is In Jesus. Let Us In Faith And Obedience Give Our Whole Life To That Which Jesus Chose Us For And Appointed Us To-fruit-bearing.

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The One Thing He Commands Us As His Branches Is To Bear Fruit. Let Us Live To Bless Others, To Testify Of The Life And The Love There Is In Jesus. Let Us In Faith And Obedience Give Our Whole Life To That Which Jesus Chose Us For And Appointed Us To-fruit-bearing.

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