Fruitfulness | David Mitchell at 11am | 5 July 2020

5 July 2020 - 11am Service

Fruitfulness

Today we begin our new preaching series for July, looking at FRUITFULNESS and John 15 with a message from Dave Mitchell, our senior pastor. Mel and Rachel are hosting and we've got LIVE worship recorded at church from April and our Woodlands worship team. Hannah got to catch up with Azeem, our caretaker and Ella leads our prayers.

STUDY NOTES

Introduction 
God created human beings to be fruitful. His first words to humans in Genesis are 'Be fruitful and multiply'. Jesus says to his disciples in John 15, 'I chose you and appointed you to bear fruit'.

A basic human need is to feel fruitful, useful and productive. Here are some questions to think about…

1. How would you define fruitfulness? What specifically makes a Christian 'fruitful' in the eyes of God do you think?

2. Dave Mitchell talks about fruitful 'both ands'. There is fruitfulness around activity and 'multiplication' There is fruitfulness in 'becoming', in personal growth, the fruit of the Spirit. There is fruitfulness as an individual, and fruitfulness as a community.

3. How does your personal fruitfulness contribute to the fruitfulness of the whole Church community? In what ways has being part of a community in midweek group or wider Church helped you to be fruitful?

4. Which of the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5 have you seen growing in your spiritual journey? Which might need some spiritual 'gardening' to help their growth?

5. What does it mean for us to 'reproduce the life of Jesus'?

6. How has our personal and corporate fruitfulness been affected by Covid-19?

7. How do different seasons of life enable us to be fruitful? What season are you in now and how has your capacity for fruitfulness changed?