Pruned
Rooted – Week 4
November 20, 2022
Key Scriptures
Key Points
- Christians are fruit-bearers.
- Fruitless Christians are not in the Vine.
- God sends us what we need to grow and produce.
- He is patient with the nonbearing tree but a time comes when it will be cut down.
- Dead branches, nonbearing branches and fruit producing branches are pruned by the Vine Dresser. This is not punishment, but a means to grow more fruit.
- Spiritual fruit is not that same as ministry success.
- The Word is the active ingredient of the fertilizer and the pruner.
- Spiritual fruit are listed in Galatians 5:22-24.
Discussion Questions
- God prunes fruit-bearing branches to produce more fruit. How does this relate to your experience?
- What branches in your life need to be pruned?
- Which fruit are applied in relationship towards God?
- Which fruit are applied in relationship towards others?
- Are you growing during this sermon series? Share what God is doing in your life.