[John 15:1-3] "I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. [2] He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. [3] You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.
Pruning produces ____________________.
[John 15:4-6] 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 unless you remain in me. [5] "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. [6] Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
A fruitful life is the result of a close ____________________ to Jesus.
[Galatians 5:22-23] But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
The character of the ______________ determines the character of the ______________.
[Ephesians 2:10 NIV] For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
The evidence that you are ____________________ to Jesus is the fruit you bear!
[John 15:7-10] But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! [8] When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. [9] "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. [10] When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
When we ____________________ in Christ our prayers are ____________________.
God has chosen to express His love to the _______________ through _____________.
[John 15:11] I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!
Even when the pruning comes we can have _____________.
