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Abiding Fruit · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Did you know God has plans for your life specifically?
• 0:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has dreams for you and vision for you.
• 0:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Things in store that would make your heart swell and sore.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: What does it look like to live a life that brings God glory?
• 0:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: How does a biting in Christ bear fruit in our lives?
• 0:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we explore these concepts and more, may our hearts be open to God's word, and all he has to say.
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
• 1:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: our scripture for today comes from John chapter 15 verse 16 scripture says you did not choose me but I chose you and a point to you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: You have been chosen and appointed to bear eternal and impactful fruit.
• 1:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: John 1516 says, you did not choose me, but I chose you, an appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: God created all of us with a longing to make an important and lasting impact with the intention of satisfying that longing in Him.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has a plan for your life that doesn't belong to anyone else.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: You alone can accomplish the works set before you, and you won't find true satisfaction until you do.
• 2:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your heavenly Father has placed desires in you which He has plans to satisfy in magnificent and joyful ways.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He knows for what purposes you were created, and longs to lead you into a lifestyle of good works that will fill you with all the abundance of life available to you through Christ.
• 2:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 2 10 says, we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: You were created to live a lifestyle of good works.
• 2:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is not outside of your nature to accomplish amazing things.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: No matter how you've lived your life up to this point, God takes what the world has deemed broken and useless and transforms it into the very likeness of His Son Jesus.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has plans to transform you into his disciple, ready, equipped and useful for every good and fruitful work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: believe today that God would use you and discover the wealth of plans he has set before you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Surrender to the truth that God has better plans than you can ask or imagine in store for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you will follow him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Come before him with expectation today, ready to receive all he would guide you to.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's dive wholeheartedly into God's word in presence.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we learn from Him, how to live the fruitful life, He is appointed for us.
• 3:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: In order to bear the fruit God has set before us, we must abide in Him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just as a branch cannot bear fruit without the nutrients the vine provides, we cannot bear fruit without being connected to our only source of true life or heavenly Father.
• 4:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: God leads us into the plans He has for us as we spend time in His presence in His Word.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm chapter 1 verses 1 through 3 says, blessed is the man who walks not in the council of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law He meditates day and night.
• 4:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither in all that he does he prosperous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's in God's presence and word that we are molded, refined, and transformed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's only in spending time with him that we become nourished and ready to bear fruit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just as a tree must be pruned in order to bear more fruit, we must allow God to tear away parts of our life that are keeping us from the good works He intends for us.
• 5:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: We must spend time in God's presence, being fashioned, healed, and transformed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In order to bear the fruit God intends, we must learn to allow the Spirit to work in and through us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God not only transforms us as we spend time with Him and His Word, but empowers us through the Holy Spirit to do good works we could never accomplish in our own strength.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's only through God working in us that our weaknesses are turned into strengths, so we can truly love one another.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's only through the Spirit that hearts are changed and drawn to our Heavenly Father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God longs to give you His heart for people.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to empower you to speak and work with His authority.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to do works through you that can't be explained except by His reality.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you will choose to humble yourself before God and allow Him to work in and through you, you will begin to bear the very fruit of the Holy Spirit dwelling within you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The disciples had no great gifts or power on their own.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was only by the working of the Holy Spirit that Christianity exploded in size and influence and changed the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: co-labor with the Holy Spirit in all that you do, allow him to move and work in every part of your life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: An experience, all the incredible ways he desires to use you to bring the kingdom of God to earth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Spend time abiding in the true vine of God today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Open your heart and mind to his word as you enter guided prayer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and allow the Holy Spirit to teach you how he desires to work in and through you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe amazing plans God has for you, bring peace, purpose, and joy to your life today.
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  [UNKNOWN]: You
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on God's desire to produce important and lasting fruit through your life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: John 1516 says, You did not choose me, but I chose you and a point of view that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you for watching.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, spend time in God's presence, allowing Him to nourish and empower you for good works.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask Him to reveal what He has set before you to accomplish for His kingdom today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to work in and through you.
• 9:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm chapter one, verses one through three says, blessed is the man who walks not in the council of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither and all that he does he prosperous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: in last.
• 10:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Commit to following the leadership of the Holy Spirit today, as he guides you to producing good fruit, choose to love others as God has loved you, choose to live a lifestyle of agreeing with the Holy Spirit in every way that he leads you.
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you.
• 12:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: How vast is God's love for us, that He would not only save us, redeem us, and set us free, but He desires to use us, a broken and needy people to change the world.
• 12:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: God desires to anoint His people with His spirit, to accomplish His work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May your life be marked by the wonderful and lasting fruit of a child of God's surrender to and in love with our Heavenly Father.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to today's devotional.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15.
• 12:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: As you head into the rest of your day, take some time to look at the fruit you're bearing in different spaces today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What sort of fruit are you bearing with your family at work, or school, and when you're alone?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And how can you abide in God in deeper ways in those spaces so that your daily experience can be even richer and more abundant?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks again for being here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.