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What Does It Mean To Abide In God?

I'm a known worrier.  An anxious mess.  An analyzer to the Nth degree.  It's annoying to say the least.  I hate this about myself, and I want to make lasting changes.  The only way I can change, I've found, is abiding in God.  So....what does that look like?  What does abiding in God even mean? Ok so first I looked up abide on my laptop haha! According to Merriam-Webster, it says this: Abide- to wait; to accept without objection; to remain stable or fixed in a state; to continue in a place; to conform to.  Then I looked to see what the ultimate dictionary (God's Word) says.  I'm going to share a few verses that really stuck with me.  There are so many wonderful ones, but I will only share a few for now. John 15:4-9 is full of meat... " I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branc...