“Pruned For A Purpose”
Fruitfull Series
AV First
Pastor Ed Carlson
3/17/24

Luke 6:43-46 (ESV)
43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

1. Do What

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Asks of You.

isn’t extra credit…it’s the minimum

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of a professed

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life.

2.

In His Love.

3.

Others As Christ Has Loved You.

Pruned For A Purpose

John 15:1-8 (NLT)
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.4 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.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.

How Does Pruning Produce Fruit Production?

1) It Removes What’s

or

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2) It Removes What’s

or

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3) It Removes What is

Growth.

4) It Keeps Fruit Growing In a Unified and Right

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What Should Be Our Response to God’s Pruning?

1.

over Grumbling: Recognize the love of the Father.

2.

over Haughtiness: Submit to the Lord’s timing.

3.

over Comparison: Use your pain to comfort others.

4.

over Apathy: Press on to know God in the midst of discipline.

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over Isolation: Involve the community in your growth process.

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over Despondency: Trust the unseen purpose of God.

The Pain Has A Purpose

Hebrews 12:1b-2a (NLT)
And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.

God Moves Closer

Could it be that God hides next season’s harvest in what we have left?

The blessing of last season’s harvest can become a trap and graveyard for your future.