What's Next? - Branches and Sticks
Part 5
Danny Sorrell
Part of What's Next? - Finding Our Way Forward—Winter 2021
February 21, 2021

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  1. “I am the

    vine…” (vs. 1). “I am the vine, and you are the ” (vs. 5)

  2. Three Kinds of Branches:
    • Branch that are

    bearing any fruit.
    • Branches that are bearing fruit.
    • Branches that are from the vine.

  3. When the vinedresser sees a branch that is not bearing fruit, He

    the branch up, it off, and intertwines it with stronger branches for support.

  4. When the vinedresser sees a branch that is only bearing some fruit, He

    the branch so that it will produce more fruit.

  5. When the vinedresser sees a branch that is disconnected from the vine, He gathers it up and throws it into the

    .

  6. When a branch is no longer connected to the vine it becomes a

    .

  7. Two ways branches become sticks:


  8. “Most stick stories involve unexpected

    and unchecked .”

  9. Through His death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead, Jesus made a way for a stick to become a

    again.