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Soggy Centers:
What Prevents Us from Growing Spiritually & How We Can Move Beyond
by Greg Hanson, Sunrise Wesleyan Church
July 30, 2006
A lazy person sleeps soundly--and goes hungry. Proverbs
19:15 (NLT)
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard
will prosper and be satisfied. Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)
“So let us stop going over the basics of Christianity again and again.
Let us go on instead and become mature...” Hebrews 6:1 (NLT)
“There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life
of ease whose name is worth remembering.” (Theodore
Roosevelt)
Two Hindrances to Growth:
“The only place success comes before work is in the
dictionary.” (Donald Kendall)
1. _____________________ Living
“On judgment day many will tell me, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied
in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed
many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you.
Go away…” Matthew 7:22-23 (NLT)
Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he
taught. But Martha was worrying over the big dinner she was
preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem
unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work?
Tell her to come and help me.”
But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are so upset
over all these details! There is really only one thing worth being
concerned about. Mary has discovered it--and I won’t take it
away from her.” Luke 10:39-42 (NLT)
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends
in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.
Psalm 39:6-7 (NLT)
If You’re Living in Crisis Mode, Ask…
a.
______________________________?
b.
What _____________________ will be necessary
to get out?
2. ______________________
I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one lacking
sense. I saw that it was overgrown with thorns. It was covered
with weeds, and its walls were broken down. Proverbs 24:30-31
(NLT)
As a door turns back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person
turns over in bed. Some people are so lazy that they won’t lift a
finger to feed themselves. Proverbs 26:14-15 (NLT)
“Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant
satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need
today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted
people, but for deep people.” (Richard Foster)
For more, read…
With Unveiled Faces by Keith Drury
Celebration of Discipline Richard Foster
12 Habits of Growth:
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________________________ regularly

______________________________
“You are the same today that you are going to be in five
years from now except for two things: the people with
whom you associate and the books you read.” (Charles
“Tremendous” Jones)

___________ and ______________ on God’s Word
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__________________ key verses
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Practice _______________ (once a week or month)
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___________________ by serving others

_________________ in private and with others

____________________ on God

__________________ your life

_____________________ and to others

_____________ God’s leading

______________ your growth in a journal
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