God Prunes Us in His Love
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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As we start to wrap up our week on different ways we are to abide in the true vine of God, today we’ll look at how God prunes us in his love. Discipline can often be a tricky subject, but it’s my hope our hearts would remain soft and open today as we remember how good and loving the God is that we serve.
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| 0:00.0 | As we start to wrap up our week on different ways we are to abide in the true vine of God. |
| 0:10.7 | Today we'll look at how God prunes us in his love. |
| 0:14.9 | Discipline can often be a tricky subject, but it's my hope our hearts would remain soft and open today, as we remember |
| 0:23.4 | how good and loving the God is that we serve. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. I'm I'm I'm I'm you I'm Our scripture for today comes from John 15 to |
| 1:02.0 | Scripture says |
| 1:03.8 | Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away |
| 1:08.7 | And every branch that does bear fruit he prunes that it may bear more |
| 1:14.5 | fruit. The world teaches that discipline is about shaming us into acting perfectly. Discipline from the |
| 1:25.3 | world usually comes from a place of selfishness rather than love, |
| 1:30.3 | a pursuit of perfection rather than godliness, |
| 1:34.3 | and intends to lead us to the appearance of morality, |
| 1:38.3 | rather than molding and shaping the heart. |
| 1:42.3 | For this reason, we so often run away from the discipline of our Heavenly Father. |
| 1:48.9 | But Hebrews 12 verses 5 through 6 says, |
| 1:52.5 | My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, |
| 1:57.6 | nor be weary when reproved by him. |
| 2:01.3 | For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son whom he receives. |
| 2:10.4 | God loves us, so he disciplines us. |
| 2:14.8 | He has such incredible plans for us that he must mold and shape us into children ready and |
| 2:21.8 | equipped for authority, influence, and the power of the spirit. His discipline is always intended |
| 2:30.3 | to lead us to abundant life, not to tear us down or shame us. |
| 2:36.0 | As we look at God's desire to discipline us, |
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