1. FRUITFULNESS Copyright © Simon G. Harris
Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

2. “I want to start my own legacy; build my own dreams”

3. Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;

4. God has … CHOSEN US for things that last forever
APPOINTED US for lasting significance
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last.

5. God has … CHOSEN US for things that last forever
APPOINTED US for lasting significance
Luke 9:25
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?

6. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
1. PLANTED in Jesus
John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

7. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
2. PRUNED by Father God
John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

8. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
3. PERSEVERING in him
John 15:4
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.

9. “All I could see was the fog.
I think if I could have seen the shore I would have made it”

10. Under water for just 90 seconds – most visitors don’t wait that long

11. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
4. PRAYING in his name
John 15:7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

12. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
4. PRAYING in his name
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

13. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
4. PRAYING in his name
Romans 8:26 …the Spirit helps us …. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

14. To live for ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE we must be …
5. PARTICIPATING in his family
John 15:12
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.