Pastor Wes Morris
John 15:1-4 (NLT) I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 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. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.
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.
√ OUR FAITH FEELS DRY.
√ WE CAN LOOK THE PART BUT WE’RE NOT LIVING THE LIFE.
II Timothy 3:4-5 (TLB) They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshiping God. They will go to church, yes, but they won’t really believe anything they hear. Don’t be taken in by people like that.
√ WE SEARCH FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL SATISFY.
Psalm 63:1 (NLT) O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
As God is exalted to the right place in our lives, a thousand problems are solved all at once. - A.W. Tozer
I. STAY CONNECTED. (ABIDING)
John 15:4 (NLT) 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.
Matthew 18:19 (NIV) Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
James 5:16 (NIV) Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
II. EMBRACE PAIN. (PRUNING)
John 15:1-2 (NLT) I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 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.
Romans 5:3 (NLT) We can rejoice when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
III. BE FRUITFUL. (PRODUCING)
John 15:5 (NLT) Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.
Galatians 5:22-23 (TLB) When the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
John 15:10-11 (NIV) If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
