Sermons About Pruning
Espalier
One of the hardest lessons about gardening is that sometimes you have to pull out living, blooming plants in order to have a healthy garden. It's counter-intuitive, but all of that thinning and pruning involves pulling out or cutting off live plants, not just deadwood. Jesus says that his disciple-branches weren't cosen to be burned up, we were chosen to bear fruit - and bearing good frut involves pruning.
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Pruning Isn't Pleasant
Today, we look at how we are to GROW (Connect-Grow-Serve). Jesus says if we are to grow, if a vine is to be fruitful and useful, it must go through a process called pruning and pruning isn't pleasant.
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