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.
John 15:3-4 NLT
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The amount of time we spend with Jesus –
meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face –
establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.
Charles Stanley
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Be patient. God is using today’s difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow.
He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.
Max Lucado
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“We are called to be fruitful — not successful, not productive, not accomplished.
Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.”
Henri Nouwen
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“In a strange way the spiritual life isn’t ‘useful’ or ‘successful.’
But it is meant to be fruitful. And fruitfulness comes out of brokenness.”
Henri Nouwen
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There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit,
that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.
Francis Chan