Sermons About Growth
I'm Not Who I was
When we submit our lives to God and decide to follow Jesus with our lives, we are forced to change as we grow and learn and get closer to Him.
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Grow [a journey towards Christlikeness] : The Command
In this first message in our series on spiritual growth, we take John 15:1-17 as a our launching point. In this well-known passage, Jesus tells us plainly that we cannot do anything apart from him and that we are to abide in Him. But what does it look like to “abide?” The goal of this series is to unpack what it means to abide and grow in Christ.
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The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link Acts 16 The Call to Macedonia When the Son of Man comes will He really find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 ‘We say we are searching. That is a great thing – to search for God and truth. Typically, however we are seeking Him sometimes, occasionally, when it occurs to us, or for a deep moment or two, - like an encounter with death, or shocking injustice or personal loss - but then the moment passes and it is gone. The search is gone. It is unwise and dishonorable to call such a haphazard process a search.’ Jacob Needleman ‘Why Can’t We Be Good?’ 1. Our passions affect endurance “For we are laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 “…present your bodies a living sacrifice which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 2. Relationships expose our expectations “Have you been with me so long, and yet you do not know Me, Philip?” John 14:9 3. Our study or searching, is determined by hunger Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5) “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed…..” 2 Timothy 2:15 We generally fail to grow deep in what is not forced on us.
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Faith Steps
This sermon calls to mid 5 steps of faith that we need to take as Christians. Listen and be encouraged in your walk with God.
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The Lord's Prayer
Most of us truly want a stronger relationship with God, however, are often unsure how to develop that relationship. Prayer is crucial in all of our lives in this journey of spiritual growth. Yet prayer can sometimes be uncomfortable, even difficult for many of us. We will discover in this message Jesus' method for how we should pray. We will discover that prayer takes practice as we examine the Lord's Prayer.
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The Habit of Selfless Service
In the gospel of John, Jesus taught his disciples that the habit of selfless service was the real mark of being one of his disciples. We can bear this mark of discipleship. We can grow in the habit of selfless service and throw off our selfish tendencies to become more like Jesus.
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The Habit of Way of Life Witnessing
In the book Acts, the first century Christians were powerful, way of life witnesses and the church exploded upon the scene, experiencing exponential growth. God wants us to be way of life witnesses today. We can grow in the habit of way of life witnessing.
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The Habit of Graceful Giving
In the book of 2 Corinthians the Apostle Paul told the Christians of Corinth that he wanted them to grow and excel in the “grace of giving.” He wanted them to grow in there practice, their discipline, their habit of graceful giving. We can grow in the habit of graceful giving. It is one of the habits that helps us to grow up in our salvation becoming more like the greatest giver of all, Jesus Christ.
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