Vine and branches.

I am the vine ,ye are the branches. and my Father is the husbandman.  in the 15 chapter of  St.John Christ speaks of who He is,who we are,and who the Heavenly Father is. Now the Lord says ye are clean through the word which i have spoken unto you. Jesus declares in verse 5 that without Him we can do nothing.
Okay so from experience i know that when we let hindrances bother our minds to much, it weakens the branches. Because they are disconnected from the vine. We must take everything to Christ, and be prayed up as they use to say. We will produce no fruit worthy of the kingdom of God as long as we deal with things in the flesh and not by the Spirit. Verse 6 in this chapter shows us what happens when we do not abide in Christ. Verse 7 we learn Jesus says how powerful our prayer life is ...if we abide in Christ.
This says to me as a Christian that i must abide with Christ and be cleaned through the word of God. I have every confidence that Christ is watching over me. That i am not alone even if it seems like it. Listen...sometimes we need more than a pat on the back from our brothers and sisters, we need a fresh touch of the Masters hand.
Do you need one? I do. Right now things in my life look bleek.
Yet i read in this passage of Christ reminding me to abide in Him and not look so hard at the worlds threats.
Look farther down in the 15th chapter of John. Verses 15-17.
The lord calls me His friend. All things that He (Christ) has heard from the Heavenly Father He has made known unto us. Wow that is awesome. Let me close by saying, abide in Christ, and He will abide in you, and He will hear your cry for Help. If you are born again...
do not try to handle issues alone. Our thought are not His thoughts.
We will mess things up abiding outside the true vine ,which is Christ Jesus. Continue to read the rest of chapter 15. We see here who exactly we are.