Keep growing in your relationship with Jesus: Take the message with you into your week. Reflect on the Bible passage and sermon (posts Sun. afternoon), then use the ideas below to help you talk it over with your friends, coworkers, family, or Grow Group.

Icebreaker idea: What’s your favorite kind of fruit?

A way to pray: Ask the Lord to help us abide in Him and bear much fruit (and lasting fruit!). Pray that we’ll be a blessing to others and that our fruitful lives will draw others to Him – that we’ll see 2,000 people by 2022 baptized and growing in relationship with Jesus through the Word, prayer, and community.

• What’s one thing I appreciate right now about what the Lord has done or continues to do for me? What changes – in my attitude, my actions, or the way my behavior impacts others – signal genuine fruit from a grateful heart?

• How have I been “blessed to be a blessing”? Available time? An encouraging personality? Helpful skills? Material generosity? Spiritual wisdom? How can I practically share these blessings with others?