EMPOWERED: Fruit grows when you abide in Jesus

John 15:4-10 | 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. “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. 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. But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

• What does remaining or abiding in Jesus look like?

• According to the end of this passage, what should we do to remain in God’s love?

• Why is fruit connected to remaining in Jesus?

• How connected are you to the vine (Jesus? How healthy are you as a branch? Are you fruitful? Why or why not?

• Producing a lot of fruit brings a lot of glory to God. Why do you think this is?

• Based on these verses, are you bringing God glory through your fruit? In what ways?