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Abide: John 15:5-6 Much Fruit
In this episode, Lana and Courtney get real and honest on the practical outworkings of bearing much fruit. God has chosen to show Himself on the earth through our fruitfulness, and this only comes by abiding. We must remember that the fruit is not produced in our own strength, but is a positional inheritance when we remain in Him. It is a mindset of availability over ability. Even in the pruning and burning there is an invitation: The more we look at Him, the more we become like Him, the more His love flows out of us.
 

Abide: John 15:7-8 — In His Word
Jesus told His disciples the importance of remaining not only in Him, but in His Word. His Word is the ultimate truth: and so we live and breathe to know Him and hear His voice. When we walk with this singular focus, we bear abundant fruit and grow as mature disciples — and our Heavenly Father is glorified. Join us as Lana and Courtney share some practical tips they've learnt through their own walks in how to abide and remain in His Word: both the written Scriptures and the promises He whispers to our hearts.
 

Abide: John 15:3-4 — Already Cleansed
As Lana and Courtney continue to look at John 15, we see the pruning of the vine, not as a bad thing, but as a cleansing — a healing. Jesus said that He has ALREADY CLEANSED us! And when we understand that we are already forgiven and are totally loved, we can enter into a place of intimacy without judgement. This foundational place is important, as our beliefs shape the way we see and respond to Him. Seeing Him as good is how we bear good fruit. So we choose to remain: continually listening, allowing His love to continually grow us deeper into Him.

Abide: John 15:1-2 — Lifted Up
Season five of our podcast centres on John 15: ‘I am the Vine, you are the branches.’ Join Courtney and Lana as they look at the pruning process through the lens of a loving Father. When we allow Him to be our gardener, He lovingly lifts our branches out of the dirt, so they might bear fruit. In the process, we must remember that God is for us, and He is pruning so that we can commune with Him in deeper ways. It is an invitation to return to first-love fire: to be a people of power and all He has called us to be.

Jacob’s Ladder #6: From Pillow to Pillar
As Lana and Courtney wrap up the series on Genesis 28, they remind us that through Jesus, we no longer just rely on a visitation, but we are in constant communion with God, with no separation.
There is an invitation for God to live in us. Holiness is an overflow of this indwelling and we move from ascension to consecration. As Jacob set up a pillar to honour God, so we become the pillars. It is here in this moment where Jacob said, ‘the Lord is my God,’ even as he wrestled with the promise. And like Jacob, there is something that is formed in that wrestle, which brings us face to face with the magnitude of what God is speaking. It takes us out of our own strength and into total dependance on God. With a determined heart, we declare that we trust in the truth of His promise.

Jacob’s Ladder #5: The Lord is in this Place
As Lana and Courtney journey through the story of Jacob’s Ladder, they come to the verse where Jacob declares, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place and I didn’t even know it.’ This shows us that even ordinary places can become holy places. Places where you have an encounter with God that marks you, and from which you don’t want to leave. Encounters where God turns our face towards His and we see Him eye to eye. It is an invitation to focus: to move forward and to move higher with God.