1. How to Increase Fruitfulness Cultivate Grace

2. Luke 13:6-9 “Sir... I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year fine! If not, then cut it down.”

3. Introduction Personal life – Heart Personal Relationships Performance

4. Introduction Where is the problem? – The fruit, the tree, or the soil? Fruit is only a yard stick

5. Introductioin Fertilizer – Nitrogen - Love – Phosphate - Grace – Potassium - Truth

6. Introduction Nitrogen – sunlight uses chlorophyll to produce sugars from water and carbon dioxide – Without protein plants wither and die

7. Introduction Phosphate promotes maturation and helps plants withstand stress, encourages healthy blooms and root growth – Lack encourages sugar blockage

8. The Soil without Grace Promotes disobedience – the Law brings wrath – The Law brings offence

9. The Soil Without Grace Causes us to come short (Rom 3:23) Negates faith and the promise

10. Grace Establishes faith and Restores the promise A gift from God (Eph 2:8-11) Abounds with faith and love (1 Timothy 1:14-15 – Equips us to activate faith – We have peace with God

11. Grace Establishes faith and Restores the promise We become God’s workmanship created unto good works (Eph 2:10)

12. The Effects of Grace in Soil We have all sufficiency to abound – 2 Cor 9:8-10 – Multiply your seed sown – Increase the fruit of righteousness

13. The Effects of Grace in Soil Turns weakness into strength – 2 Cor 9-10 – Obtain mercy and find help – Serve with reverence and godly fear

14. The Effects of Grace in Soil Through thanksgiving overflows to the glory of God – 2 Cor 4:14-16

15. The Effects of Grace in Soil Releases power and the gifts – Great power and grace – Acts 4:33 – Receive gifts – Rom 12:6 – Given in the measure of Christ – Ephesians 4:7-15

16. The Effects of Grace in Soil Overpowers the enemy of our soul (James 4:6-10) – Humble ourselves – Submit to Christ – Resist the devil

17. The Effects of Grace in Soil – Draw (cultivate / fertilize) – Cleanse your hands and purify your hearts Accept responsibility (stop blaming) Make things right with people and yourself Allow God to life you up

18. Application Good soil needs basic ingredients How to work love and grace into your soil – Read / meditate on Scriptures – Ask the Holy Spirit to apply it – Cultivate your heart