{"id":157,"date":"2016-10-16T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=157"},"modified":"2016-10-16T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T16:29:56","slug":"how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/10\/16\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Connected to God &#8211; Part VII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While God is responsible for producing\u00a0the fruit in our lives, it is up to us to allow Him to bring it forth. It is beneficial to us to allow Him to produce more in our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Branches can be connected and saved, even if they aren&#8217;t producing fruit.\n<ul>\n<li>They will endure a lot more than they need to though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our whole purpose should be to bear good fruit. It is how we allow Jesus to show Himself and His goodness through us.\n<ul>\n<li>The pruning process will continue until we&#8217;ve gone home to be with the Lord.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Love is the fruit that God wishes to bring forth in our lives.\n<ul>\n<li>Love brings\u00a0forth:\n<ul>\n<li>Obedience<\/li>\n<li>Sacrifice<\/li>\n<li>Submission<\/li>\n<li>Compassion<\/li>\n<li>Grace<\/li>\n<li>Mercy<\/li>\n<li>Power<\/li>\n<li>The rest of the fruit of the Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This will also lead to:\n<ul>\n<li>Answers to our prayers\n<ul>\n<li>Our prayers will be in agreement with God&#8217;s Word, meaning we will have our answers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What will stop the fruit from developing?\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of understanding of God&#8217;s Word<\/li>\n<li>No real commitment to God<\/li>\n<li>Concern for the cares of the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses:\u00a0<\/strong>John 15, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, Matthew 13:1-9, Galatians 5:22-23, Matthew 22:36-40, Colossians 3:12-14, 1 John 3:17, Mark 11:35, Luke 6:37, 1 John 4:7-8, 16, 18-19<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-157-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-16-2016.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-16-2016.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-16-2016.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While God is responsible for producing\u00a0the fruit in our lives, it is up to us to allow Him to bring it forth. It is beneficial to us to allow Him to produce more in our lives. Key Points: Branches can&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/10\/16\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-vii\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}