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Adulthood
Spiritual growth. What is it? To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept. To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few. Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together. There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series. One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development†is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t. We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum. While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.
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Adolescence
Spiritual growth. What is it? To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept. To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few. Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together. There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series. One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development†is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t. We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum. While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.
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Infancy
Spiritual growth. What is it? To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept. To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few. Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together. There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series. One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development†is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t. We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum. While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.
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Meaning
This service will be about our hunger for meaning, our craving to know that life makes sense, and that ultimately we are all on a search for truth, and that ultimately, truth is personal.
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Destiny
Our souls crave lives of purpose and significance that ultimately can only come from God. “We cannot live the life of our dreams without an irrational sense of destiny. And all of us have our dreams. More than that, all of us need our dreams. Some of us sadly are sleeping through them. All of us long to become something more than we are. We are driven to achieve, moved to accomplish, fueled by ambition. It burns hotter in some than in others, but it is within all of us. We’re all searching for our unique purpose, our divine destiny, or simply a sense of siginificance or some measure of success.†-Erwin McManus, Soul Cravings
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Love
The big idea in the first session of “Soul Cravings†is all about our undeniable, inexorable craving for intimacy, to love and be loved. But when love is so hard, why do we keep on trying? 2nd, 3rd, 4th marriages, friendship after friendship after friendship, we just keep trying to find something with other people, even if the “other people†is the same person we’ve been married to for years and years and years. Sure, some people shut down and become reclusive, and we obviously do give up on some relationships some times, but the reality is that even our reclusiveness and giving up is driven by this soul craving. Rarely does anyone ever call it quits on love in this world and remain in this world without being found to be not quite “right in the headâ€. It’s a soul craving.
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Sell Everything
“One thing you lack," He said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me’." -Mark 10:21
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I Am the Way
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.†-John 14:6
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Gouge Your Eye Out
“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.†-Matthew 5:29-30
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Love Your Enemies
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. -Matthew 5:43-44
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