20250525 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Get Connected, Stay Connected

Get Connected, Stay Connected

John 15:7-14 NKJV ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so, you will be My disciples. ⁹ “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. ¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. ¹² This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Jesus Is The Source

The Purpose Of Every Branch -Bear Fruit

Levels Of Bearing Fruit: 1) No Fruit 2) More Fruit 3) Much Fruit

God Expects Us To Grow And Produce Spiritual Fruit

ABIDE

Abide: Stay, Dwell, Remain, Continue, Endure, Live

Steps To Maintain Connection To Jesus:

• Listen & Rely On The Holy Spirit
• Reading & Studying God’s Word
• Develop A Healthy Prayer Life
• Obey His Commandments

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments

“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love.” (Vs. 10)

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (Vs. 13)

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (Vs. 11)