God's pruning process is a way for God to help us mature in Christ and live the life He created for us. He wants us to become more like Jesus Christ and bear good, spiritual fruit. The process can be painful as God removes wordly attitudes and fleshy habits. With this pain comes life lessons, unwavering faith, and a life of ripe, sweet fruit.
Kathairo-Greek word meaning to "cleanse" or "make clear", "purify"
Scriptures used in this episode:
John 15:1-3 NIV “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunesa]">[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Hebrews 12:1 NIV "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles"
CORRECTION -I stated the verse wrong in the episode. It's Isaiah 5:7 NIV
I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? 5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its
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