Remain, and Bear Fruit

John 15:8 (CEB) · Tending the Soul: Growing in Grace Through Three Questions

“My Father is glorified when you produce much fruit and in this way prove that you are my disciples.” — John 15:8 (CEB)

The final week of Tending the Soul asks the third Grace Group question: what challenge are you giving to God?

Today we close three weeks of tending the soul with Jesus’ image of the true vine. John 15 names the rhythm underneath it all: remain in the vine, and bear the fruit only the vine can produce. Some branches get removed. Some get trimmed back. And every branch that stays connected to the source bears fruit it could never produce alone.

Today is also New Member Sunday. The promise we sit with most closely is presence, the discipline of remaining connected to the vine and to one another, season after season.

Come and receive.

God of vineyards, produce in us the fruit that points back to you. Amen.