Blessed Life Fellowship

In this final teaching of the series, Pastor Andy addresses some common misconceptions about abiding, and more benefits of abiding.  It ends on a weighty yet encouraging note about the impact of going ALL IN!  

This teaching has something for everyone.  While targeted primarily to those who are already bearing much fruit in their Christian lives, there are principles of abiding with Christ in this teaching that apply to all God's children and can not only prevent people from making critical miscalculations and mistakes in their walks of faith, but also richly deepen the walk of faith you already have.  

In continuing with our segment on pruning under the umbrella topic of abounding fruitfulness, we arrive in this teaching at another way the Vinedresser prunes His vines to bring about even greater fruitfulness.  This may be one of the most difficult tests ever, but it is one that has the potential to radically transform the lives of those who submit themselves to this more advanced level of pruning.  

When God's children progress past the early stages of our spiritual development, God will coax the branches to get even more fruit from our lives.  This teaching helps us recognize the next level of pruning and maturity.  Prepare for abundant fruitfulness!  

Last week we discussed what God does when a child of His is bearing no fruit.  But what does He do when His children are bearing SOME fruit but could be bearing a lot more?  Well, it's probably not the method that most of us would prefer, but it's very effective, and ultimately results in significant growth and a life of fruitfulness for those who recognize what's happening and submit to the process.  This teaching might just radically change your life, so buckle up.  

John chapter 15 has some of the most memorable words from Jesus' Last Supper sermon.  Here we arrive at Jesus' instructions about the importance of bearing much fruit, and how that is accomplished.  Yet many people settle for lives of much less than abounding fruitfulness because they misunderstand and thus reject God's ways of bringing it about.  Prepare to be equipped for increase!  

Continuing with Jesus' last teaching to His disciples, we now grapple with the warning that in this life we will have tribulation, but to take heart.  This teaching addresses five more ways we can more readily experience the peace that only God gives.  

In a world where 1 in 5 people in the U.S. now suffer from chronic depression, is it possible to experience the peace of God?  In His Last Supper sermon, Jesus told His disciples, "Peace I leave with you."  In this teaching you will learn several principles that will help the Christ follower experience the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.  

Continuing with the theme of the Holy Spirit, pastor Andy provides four more ways the Holy Spirit leads and speaks to His people.  In doing so, he invites Pam Hull to share some real-world experience in learning to be led by the Holy Spirit and what that looks like.  You don't want to miss this one!