Jesus found a fig tree with only leaves and no fruit, so he cursed the tree so it would never bear fruit again. The document defines fruit as qualities like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. It encourages producing fruit even in hard times by remaining connected to God through prayer and obedience to his word, and allowing God to prune away anything that doesn't bear fruit. True fruitfulness comes from abiding in God.