3. Quiet Time

Memory Verse: Psalm 1:1-3

Bible Study: John 15:1-11

Core Truth

How does a disciple grow in Christ on a daily basis?

Just as Jesus went to a "solitary place" to meet with his Father (Mark 1:35), so a disciple should daily pull away from the busyness of life for a quiet time, a personal rendezvous with the Lord and Saviour.

1. Identify key words or phrases in the question and answer above, and state their meaning in your own words.

2. Restate the core truth in your own words.

3. What questions or issues does the core truth raise for you?

Memory Verse Study Guide

Healthy fruit in our lives is the byproduct of well-nourished and cultivated roots. If we sink our inner life deep into the truth of God's Word, life will blossom on us.

1. Putting it in context:  Read Psalm 1. In what ways are the wicked contrasted with the righteous?

2. The memory verse are Psalm 1:1-3. Copy these verses verbatim.

3. The blessed man is first definted by what he does not do. What is the blessed man to avoid?

4. What does it mean to delight in the law of the Lord?

5. What comparison is made in verse 3?

6. What does this image teach us about how fruit grows and is nurtured in our lives?

7. How would you define prospers (v3)?

8. How have these verses spoken to you this week?

Inductive Bible Study Guide

Jesus also selects an organic image to describe the kind of relationship that we are to have with him if we are to bear fruit. Jesus says that he is the vine and we are the branches (John 15:5).

1. Read John 15:1-11. The word "remain" defines the connection between the vine and the branches (vv. 4-7,9-10). According to these verses, what does it mean to remain?

2. What do we do to remain in the vine?

3. Our purpose, according to Jesus, is to bear fruit (v.8). What is the nature of the fruit that is to be produced through our lives?

4. Pruning is a necessary proces in order to produce more fruit (v2). What does the Lord use to prune us of the 'dead' branches in our lives?

5. Jesus issues a warning that those branches that do not remain are cut off, thrown into the fire and burned (vv 2, 6). What does Jesus mean by this?

6. What does Jesus mean when he says, "Apart from me you can do nothing"?

7. Jesus states in verse 11 that the intent of these instruction is to implant his joy in us and bring it to completion. What was the joy of Jesus that he wanted us to have?

8. What verse or verses have particularly impacted you? Rewrite key verses in your own words.