Today I preached the last installment of the “I am” series in John. I talked about the True Vine. Jesus proclaims that in order to bear and produce fruit we must be attached (connected) and abide in the True Vine. This is so important because many of us are under attack by Satan trying to pull us away from God and His church. I come across many people who have had issues with the church or those in the church and decide that they can do better isolated from the fellowship.
Jesus lets us know that we can do nothing unless we are connected to the True Vine and our purpose is to bear fruit. We cannot be branches on our own. We must have relationship with Christ in order to be productive for Christ.
When you are connected to the True Vine and you abide/remain in Him. Then no matter what comes your way during your pruning process, the process will make you BETTER, not BITTER!
Allow God to prune you. Let Him cut away some of those things that are not beneficial for you. Only then can we become more productive in the Kingdom of God.