Prayer based on John 15

O God, we do not want to ever walk away from Jesus. We do not want to resist Your Spirit because of the pain of Your pruning work. We need to abide in the vine. Apart from You we can do nothing. We ask You now for the blessing of much fruit. Enable us to abide in Your love and to keep Your commandments. May our joy be full. Your Son has laid down His life for us, and we are His friends. He has chosen us. He has a plan for godly fruit that will come from our lives. We are not of the world. We have been chosen out of the world. Help us to have courage to do the work that You have for us in the world, though the world may hate us. Grant us a fuller measure of the Spirit of truth, that we may bear witness to Your greatness and Your love.