Whether you’ve been a Christian for decades or for little over a year, it’s right and natural for you to wonder, “How do I develop as a believer? How do I mature in godliness? How do I thrive as a Christian?” In John 15:1-11, in answer to these very questions, Christ declared that the key to flourishing and fruitfulness was not a technique, system, or place, but a person. That person is Christ, and the way to thrive as a believer is to stay close to him.