Leading Scripture

Ministry’s Motivating and Leading Scripture - John 15:16 (KJV) "Ye not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have (chosen - selected you) and (ordained – determined you) that ye should (go – accomplish) and (bring-produce) forth fruit (have an effect) and that your fruit should remain – (mature/have results) that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you……

Amplified Bible Version St. John 15:16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear-fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name (as My representative) He may give to you. (Purposefully planted your life – in your family/culture – ethnicity/country) John 15: 1- 2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Vine – a plant whose stem requires support - Husbandman – a person who cultivates/nurtures/helps/improves/develops the land (a parables given by Jesus ) illustrating being connected to the truth (Jesus Christ) that grows from the Father..

You can produce Fruit from your worldly life or you’re Born Again - Sanctified life
Fruit Bearing – you can bear good fruit or you can bear bad fruit…the bad fruit isn’t pruned to reproduce itself it is cut off…because,

it’s weak, limp, saggy and have no strengthen or ability to hold on to the vine that’s connected to the earth…,

it’s not useful or helpful and it draws flies that leads to negative results…Good fruit is pruned to bring forth more of its kind. Fruit is to produce /consequence/outcome/reward/results Bearing – Behavior/ attitude/influence /impact/ effect /sway

Pruned – is to cut away, to remove, get rid of undesired twigs, branches, and roots, to eliminate, as to (in) test, trials and tribulations, setbacks, restrained, demolish, destroy, eradicate - is pruning: To erase our negative behavior to produce an obedient nature to develop the character of Jesus Christ; to help build/assemble the Kingdom of God; to reproduce after our kind fruit to bear more fruit…………… .

- Pruned out of your life Galatians 5:19-21 What you produce after pruning Galatians 5:22-23

The connection between being predetermined/scheduled to come to Jesus Christ to (bear Devine Awesome Fruit) is to asking and getting from God. Due, to the process of being pruned – you will call on the Lord and He will Answer and give you what you ask in Jesus Name - According to your pruning needs….

What is Bearing Fruit?

2Peter1:5-9 KJV

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
How to Bear Fruit: Crucify the Flesh/execute/torment/kill/torture/persecute the flesh by obeying, loving, pleasing, and trusting in Jesus Christ