Sermon slides for Sunday, May 23rd, 2010. Audio: http://www.fbcpa.net/images/10-05-23-Sermon.wma Video: http://www.fbcpa.net/images/10-05-23-Sermon.wmv

1. Pruning Busyness John 15:1-17 Blue Pew Bible Page 764

3. Proper Pruning requires ... 1. Responsibility. (John 15:1-7)

4. Proper Pruning requires ... 1. Responsibility. (John 15:1-7) 2. Relationship. (John 15:8-17) I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you're joined with Me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. Anyone who separates from Me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. – The Message

7. “ Better to be pruned to grow, than cut up to burn.” - John Trapp

8. Proper Pruning requires ... 1. Responsibility. (John 15:1-7) 2. Relationship. (John 15:8-17) You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other” - NLT