Part 2: Two-a-Days
3 Assumptions
1. God desires each of us to grow spiritually.
(think relationship)
3 Assumptions
1. God desires each of us to grow spiritually.
(think relationship)
Colossians 1:9-10
(NLT)
9 So
we have not stopped praying for you since we
first heard about you. We ask God to give you
complete knowledge of his will and to give you
spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way
you live will always honor and please the Lord, and
your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All
the while, you will grow as you learn to know God
better and better.
1 Peter 2:2-3
(NIV)
2 Like
newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so
that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now
that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Hebrews 5:12-14
(NLT)
12 You
have been believers so long now that you
ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need
someone to teach you again the basic things about
God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and
cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on
milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do
what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are
mature, who through training have the skill to
recognize the difference between right
and wrong.
3 Assumptions
1. God desires each of us to grow spiritually.
(think relationship)
2. Spiritual growth is possible.
3 Assumptions
1. God desires each of us to grow spiritually.
(think relationship)
2. Spiritual growth is possible.
3. We are responsible for our own spiritual
growth.
The starting point:
The day we begin following Jesus.
The finish line:
When we go to be with Him.
3 Reasons for Stunted Growth
1. We have a predisposition towards comfort.
3 Reasons for Stunted Growth
1. We have a predisposition towards comfort.
2. We have a predisposition towards
procrastination.
3 Reasons for Stunted Growth
1. We have a predisposition towards comfort.
2. We have a predisposition towards
procrastination.
3. We lack the motivation to live a spiritually
disciplined life.
1 Corinthians 9:25
(NIV)
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict
training. They do it to get a crown that will not last,
but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
Hebrews 6:1-3
(NLT)
1So
let us stop going over the basic teachings about
Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and
become mature in our understanding. Surely we
don’t need to start again with the fundamental
importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing
our faith in God. 2 You don’t need further instruction
about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the
resurrection of the dead, and eternal
judgment. 3 And so, God willing, we will move
forward to further understanding.
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
• Behaving like the Son
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
• Behaving like the Son
• Praying like the Son
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
• Behaving like the Son
• Praying like the Son
• Loving like the Son
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
• Behaving like the Son
• Praying like the Son
• Loving like the Son
• Serving like the Son
Measuring Spiritual Growth
• Thinking like the Son
• Behaving like the Son
• Praying like the Son
• Loving like the Son
• Serving like the Son
• Giving like the Son
GROW
Engaging in a life-long process of surrendering
to the Holy Spirit and the authority of the
Bible is essential to living.
What God Uses to Grow our Faith
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Practical teaching
Providential relationships
Private disciplines
Personal ministry
Pivotal circumstances
Next Steps
1.
2.
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4.
Get a vision for where you want to be
Take inventory
Make a plan
Take the first step
To begin to grow, make a plan and GO.
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