Thought...

It's good to declare you independence,

 but it's even better to declare you dependence on God.  

God knows that true independence is impossible.  

There's no way we can function effectively if we are cut off from His help.

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"Remain in Me, and I will remain in you.  

For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine,

 and you cannot be fruitful apart from Me."

John 15:4