Episode 2: Follow Jesus Passionately

One of the subtle dangers of life in the wilderness is our instinct to take control—to manage, fix, and chart our own course just to get through. Over time, that instinct can quietly lead us to live independent of God rather than more dependent on him.

In John 15, Jesus names that drift directly. Using the image of a vine and branches, he describes a different way of living—one marked not by religious activity or spiritual hustle, but by active dependence. A life where fruit, love, and joy flow naturally from staying connected to him.

This episode is an invitation to stop living a parallel life with God and learn to remain in him again—to be shaped by his truth, grounded in his love, and formed into people who love others from the overflow of his life in us.

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