READ / John 15:1-11

QUESTIONS /
What does this passage reveal about the Father's love? How are others in the church blessed when you are abiding in God's love?

How have you experienced God's love and God's pruning (week 8 teaching video) working together in your life?

Jesus made it His habit to abide with the Father at all times. What about that relationship do you think made abiding so central in Jesus' life?

Am I bearing fruit for His kingdom?

Pruning sometimes means taking "useless" things out of our lives to make space for the "useful." In a time of prayer, ask the Father to show you any useless things that hinder your abiding or that do not produce fruit.

Am I joyfully submitting to His loving pruning in my life?

Am I daily abiding in Christ, making Him at home in my heart?

What does this passage teach us about God?

What does this passage teach us about man?