Grow 2010

  • Pastor Duane Cross
  • Jan 17, 2010
  • Series: What We Believe

WHAT WE BELIEVE

“GROW”

 Pastor Duane Cross  |  01.17.2010

What does it mean to GROW?

God’s word…shaping our actions and our lives

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”   Psalm 119:105(NIV)                           

“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”                                                                               Hebrews 4:12(NIV)

Relatioships…nurturing our spiritual growth

“As iron sharpens iron,  so one man sharpens another.”          Proverbs 27:17(NIV)

Obedient Living…using our gifts in witness and service

“He has showed you, O man, what is good.  And what does the LORD require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”                       Micah 6:8(NIV)

Worship…interacting with God

“Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name.  Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness”                                 I Chronicles 16:29(NIV)

How do we GROW?

I. Practice the presence of Christ.

“Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.  They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’ They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, ‘It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon’."                                         Luke 24:31-32(NIV)

II.  Practice telling your story of Faith.

III.  Practice living in community.

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.  Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another…                  (Hebrews 10:24-25)

 “Grow in the Grace of knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be glory both now and forever!  Amen.”                                                                       (2Peter 3:18)

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