Demonstrating Our Discipleship

 As Christians, there are many beautiful descriptions of our relationship with our Lord: He is our Shepherd and we are His sheep. He is our Father and we are His children. He is the Vine and we are the branches. Every aspect of our relationship with Him displays a total dependence upon Him, and we are called upon to demonstrate our discipleship and glorify our Father in heaven by bearing fruit, more fruit, much fruit.
 Demonstrating Our Discipleship, yielding much fruit, and glorifying God, is entirely dependent upon our abiding in Christ. Glorifying our Father in heaven and bearing much spiritual fruit is only possible as we abide in Him and He in us.
 During His time on earth, the Lord Jesus gave us a beautiful demonstration of what it means to abide in the Lord and rest in His love, for throughout His life, the Lord Jesus did only things that He saw the Father doing. He spoke only those words that He heard the Father speaking. He lived His life in complete dependence upon the Father, and He delighted to do the will of His Father.
 Although He was fully God, the Lord Jesus set aside His glory and lived His life on earth as God intends for all to live: in utter dependence upon God. Jesus demonstrated to us what it truly means to a live as God intended us to live.
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help us to live our lives honoring You and glorifying Your name. Father, we know that we can only produce spiritual fruit that glorifies You, as we learn to depend fully on You. May we rest in Your love, abide in You, and allow You to live Your life through us, as we humbly submit to Your leading and guidance. In this way we will produce much fruit, to Your glory. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.