Part 2: Spiritual Growth

CONVERSATIONS IN THE STORM

PART 2

“Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, ‘All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.’ And this is the word that was preached to you. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

1 Peter 1:22-2:3 (NIV)

• Myth: Spiritual growth happens automatically.

• Myth: Spiritual growth depends on what you know.

• Truth: Spiritual growth happens through daily decisions.

• Truth: Spiritual growth depends on what you do.

Question: Where do you want to be?

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

Luke 6:43-45 (NIV)

What you do each day will either help or hinder your growth. “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”

1 Peter 1:22 (NIV)

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”

1 Peter 2:2 (NIV)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:

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This week’s Reading Plan and blog/podcast:

• YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan: “Spiritual Growth” by Tony Evans (5 days)

• Blog and podcast: “Daily Decisions”