God's Pruning

What keeps God from being our deepest and most satisfying joy? Often it is not our circumstances—but our attachments to this world. In John 15, Jesus teaches that the loving Father prunes His people so they may bear more fruit. Sometimes He uses His Word, sometimes trials, failures, or discipline to loosen our grip on lesser treasures. Yet every cut of His pruning knife is aimed at one gracious purpose: that our joy in Him would grow deeper and stronger. This Sunday we will see how God lovingly prunes His people so that they may experience both fruitfulness and fullness of joy in Him.