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A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness through Abiding in Christ Julie Lowe and influence within their originalThe grace that stimulates the fruit and maturity of a sanctified life comes to us through Jesus Christ. We bear much fruit only as we abide in Him. In A Vine Ripened Life, author Stanley Gale points us to Jesus, the Vine of life of John 15, in whom we, as branches, must live and grow to bear the fruit of a grace grown life. He explains, Having begun in Christ we remain in Christ, continuing to draw our life from Him and maturing in grace. With