How to Grow and Change | John 15:1-8 | The Whole Disciple
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
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🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Whether you make New Year’s resolutions or not, you probably have areas of your life that you would like to change. But the path to change, as we all know, isn’t always an easy one. It can be difficult to break old habits, make new ones, and incorporate fresh rhythms into our lives. In this week’s message from John 15, Pastor J.D. helps us to see that our growth as disciples isn’t a matter of steeling ourselves and willing new routines and habits into existence. Rather, this growth is a natural byproduct of abiding in Jesus as he abides in us. And it is this true connection to Jesus that will produce fruit that lasts into eternity.
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| 0:00.0 | A rule of life is an act of defiance against a digital empire that seeks to cultivate you as a consumer. |
| 0:08.3 | It's you taking charge of your life again saying, this is how I'm going to live my life. |
| 0:13.5 | You don't decide how I'm going to live my life. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm going to decide how I'm going to live my life and I'm going to do it because I'm a disciple of Jesus. |
| 0:34.1 | Welcome back to the Summit Life podcast. A quick reminder if you missed last week that from now on, you'll hear full sermons here on the podcast. So instead of new episodes every weekday, |
| 0:39.6 | you can look forward to hearing two brand new full-length sermons releasing every Monday and Wednesday. |
| 0:45.6 | We hope this makes it easier for you to follow along and really go deeper into God's Word. |
| 0:50.4 | Today, we're continuing our teaching series titled The Whole Disciple. Remember, this is a brand new, |
| 0:55.8 | never before aired teaching. So if you've missed anything so far, be sure to catch up online at |
| 1:01.3 | jd.gere.com. While you're on our website, don't forget to sign up for our newsletter. Get ministry updates, |
| 1:08.1 | information about new resources, and Pastor Jady's latest blog post delivered |
| 1:12.3 | straight to your inbox. Sign up when you go to jdgrier.com. Now let's get started. Here's Pastor |
| 1:18.7 | J.D. John 15, if you have your Bibles with you today, and I hope that you do. Today, this morning, |
| 1:30.2 | we are going to deal with a question that most of us think about or encounter on a regular |
| 1:35.4 | basis. Whether you're a Christian or not, you think about this question. And that question is this. |
| 1:40.6 | How can I change in me the things that I don't like? A lot of us have things in our lives that we |
| 1:48.3 | want to change, right? I think that's true of all of us, but the question of how to change is a |
| 1:54.3 | major felt need in our society, if you don't believe me, just go to the local Barnes & Noble or a bookstore, |
| 1:59.3 | and you will see that the self-help section takes up |
| 2:02.1 | basically half the store or look through the list of the most popular podcast right now they're all |
| 2:07.9 | about how can I develop more self-discipline how can I stand up for myself better how do I get rid of my |
| 2:13.5 | anxiety how do I become a truly generous person? Maybe you've observed somebody recently |
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