You're a branch!

Let's take a look at a beautiful representation of a life full of joy. In John 15:1-11,
Jesus speaks to us in this parable.

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 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. 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 will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep my commandments, you abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full."

- Abide in His love: "be firmly rooted", live, remain, dwell in Him by studying His Word, the Bible. 

- Keep His commandments: "produce fruit". We find the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy 5:1-22; and in Matthew 22:36-40 we find the 2 commandments on which "hang all the Law and the Prophets" - 1) Love the Lord, and 2) Love others. 

Follow these guidelines and...

Find Joy in Him, Beloved!