Praying Scripture: The True Vine

John 15:1-16
Lord, you are the true vine, and our Father is the gardener. I pray that you cut off every branch in Alyssa and Kyle that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, prune so that it will be even more fruitful. Alyssa and Kyle are already clean because of the word you have spoken to them. I know that if Alyssa and Kyle remain in you, you will remain in them. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can Alyssa and Kyle bear fruit unless they remain in you.
 
You are am vine; and Alyssa and Kyle are the branches. If they remain in you and you in them, they will bear much fruit; apart from you they can do nothing. If Alyssa and Kyle do not remain in you, they are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If Alyssa and Kyle remain in you and your words remain in them, they can ask whatever they wish, and it will be given to them. This is to my your glory, Father, that Alyssa and Kyle bear much fruit, showing themselves to be your disciples.

As you, Father, have loved Jesus, you have also loved Alyssa and Kyle.  I pray that they  always remain in that love. If they obey your commands, they will remain in your love. You have told your children this so that their joy may be in you and that their joy may be complete. Your command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Alyssa and Kyle are your friends if they do what you command. You no longer call them servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, you have call them friends, for you make yourself  known to them. You choose Alyssa and Kyle and appoint them to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then you, Father, will give them whatever they ask in your name.