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Bloom Bloom PART 3 FRUITFUL LIFE TO WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED TO WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED

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5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them,” JOHN 15:5 NLT

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5 “will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. JOHN 15:5 NLT

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6 “Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers.” JOHN 15:6 NLT

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6 “Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.” JOHN 15:6 NLT

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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!” JOHN 15:7 NLT

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8 “When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.” JOHN 15:8 NLT

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Jesusstressed how crucial it is for us to be FRUITFUL FOLLOWERS of Christ. FRUITFUL FOLLOWERS

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He also shows us how to bear much fruit for our Heavenly Father.

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Jesus certainly cares about His followers bearing fruit for God.

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The Lord made this truth clear when He said, “when you bear much fruit, you are my true disciples.”

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This brings Great Glory to our Heavenly Father.

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Holiness & Goodness THE FRUIT OF Holiness & Goodness

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8 “Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord” Ephesians 5:8 TPT

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8 “Shining through you because of your union with him.” Ephesians 5:8 TPT

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8 “Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light!” Ephesians 5:8 TPT

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9 “And the supernatural fruits of his light will be seen in you— goodness, righteousness, and truth.” Ephesians 5:8 TPT

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The believer’s position has changed from DARKNESS LIGHT (SIN) (RIGHTEOUSNESS)

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Believers are to CHANGE THEIR WALK to correspond to their position in Christ.

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As people who have LIGHT from the Lord, our actions should reflect our faith. LIGHT

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We should live above reproach morally so that we will reflect God’s goodness to others.

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14 “So you must live as God’s obedient children.” 1 Peter 1:14 NLT

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14 “Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.” 1 Peter 1:14 NLT

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15 “But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.” 1 Peter 1:15 NLT

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Our lives and character should be in the process of becoming CONFORMED,

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Both inwardly and outwardly, to God’s standards

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Holiness means being totally devoted or dedicated to God Holiness

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SET ASIDE for His special use & SET APART from sin & its influence.

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Praise to God THE FRUIT OF heart- felt Praise to God

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15 “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God” Hebrews 13:15 NKJV

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15 “That is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15 NKJV

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Believers are to offer SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES,

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Which includes their PRAISE POSSESSIONS even their LIVES.

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A Sacrifice of praise today would include THANKING CHRIST Sacrifice of praise

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For His sacrifice on the CROSS And telling others about it.

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Acts of kindness and sharing are particularly pleasing to God, even when they go unnoticed by others.

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1 “Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies?” Romans 12:1 TPT

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1 “I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices.” Romans 12:1 TPT

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1 “And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart.” Romans 12:1 TPT

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1 “For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.” Romans 12:1 TPT

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God wants us to offer OURSELVES, not animals, as living sacrifices

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Daily LAYING ASIDE our own desires to follow Him.

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Putting all our energy & resources at His disposal & TRUSTING Him to guide us.

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We do this out of GRATITUDE that our sins have been forgiven.

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God wants only what is BEST FOR US

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And because He gave His Son to make our new life possible,

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We should joyfully give OURSELVES as living sacrifices for His service.

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Financial Giving THE FRUIT OF Financial Giving

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15 “For I want you to know that the Philippian church was the only church that supported me” Philippians 4:15 TPT

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15 “In the beginning as I went out to preach the gospel. You were the only church that sowed into me financially,” Philippians 4:15 TPT

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16 “and when I was in Thessalonica, you supported me for well over a year.” Philippians 4:15 TPT

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17 “I mention this not because I’m requesting a gift,” Philippians 4:17 TPT

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17 “But so that the fruit of your generosity may bring you an abundant reward.” Philippians 4:17 TPT

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The PHILIPPIANS shared in Paul’s financial support while he was in prison.

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The Philippians’ gift was producing spiritual profit just as money deposited in a bank account accrues interest.

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PAUL said he was not desiring a gift from them, but he was desiring fruit that increases to their credit.

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He wanted them to experience the blessings of God that would result from their giving.

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A GIFT is like a SEED, when we give, we are planting, and there will be a HARVEST.

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When we give, we partner with others who preach the Gospel.

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We plant seeds that will result in blessings, and we praise God for the gift of salvation.

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God wants us to give because we WANT to, not because we need to.

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WE SHOULD GIVE out of the Joy of our hearts for all that God has done for us.

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Every time we give, we are responding to Christ’s gift of His life on the cross for us.

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Giving is a way for us to say to Jesus for the Gospel.

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More People THE FRUIT OF reaching More People For Christ For Christ

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35 “Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’?” John 4:35 NKJV

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35 “Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!” John 4:35 NKJV

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36 “And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life,” John 4:35 NKJV

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36 “that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.” John 4:35 NKJV

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Jesusmakes it clear that around us a continual HARVEST waits to be REAPED. HARVEST REAPED

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Let’s look around, we can find people ready to hear the Gospel.

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It’s seeing more people get saved by hearing the good news about Christ.

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The GOOD NEWS of God’s forgiveness & eternal life through the CROSS of CHRIST.

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Think about the people who helped lead you to saving faith in Christ.

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YOUare part of their fruit for eternal life,

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And now God wants us to bear more fruit for His Kingdom.

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16 “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit,” John 15:16 NKJV

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16 “And that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” John 15:16 NKJV

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The PURPOSE of our salvation and commission is to produce fruits commission PURPOSE produce fruits salvation produce fruits

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That will LAST and bring GLORY TO GOD. LAST GLORY TO GOD

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Faithfulness in bearing fruits will attract the blessings of God. Faithfulness

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Conclusion

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We are created to be CONNECTED To our GOD CONNECTED

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He demands a PERMANENT relationship from us

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It is only in Him we can Flourish Flourish Be stable and Fruitful

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For Productivity or fruitfulness, A branch must be CONNECTED TO THE VINE CONNECTED

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We must be genuinely & consistently CONNECTED In Christ to be fruitful CONNECTED