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Twelve Ways to Grow
Every person has a relationship with God – no matter how conscious of it, or intentional about it, we may be.
And as are all inter-personal relationships, our relationship with God is dynamic and alive. As such, it is healthy for it to grow. And to grow, it needs to be fed and nurtured.
The chief way relationships are fed and nurtured is through the investment of our time and attention. What are we doing to grow our relationship with God? Over the past year, has your relationship with God grown stronger? God wants it to.
In this six-week message series, we look at 12 practices (offered by God in the Bible) that we can enact to grow with God. Whether you’ve been trying to grow with God for one month or fifty years, these twelve ways to grow can make a difference for you.
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April 26 |
Love One Another Deeply
Lovingly pursuing important personal relationships within Evergreen – Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22
Refusing to participate in negative conversation – Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29 |
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May 3 |
They Devoted Themselves (Holy Communion)
Actively encouraging participation in Home Groups – They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer… Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes, and ate together with glad and sincere hearts. Acts 2:42, 46
Living a Godly Life – He has shown you, O people, what is good and what the Lord requires of you: To do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8; Anyone who claims to be of Jesus ought also to live just as Jesus lived. 1 John 2:6 |
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May 10 |
In Spirit and Truth (Mothers’ Day)
Attending faithfully with a heart ready for sincere worship – Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another… Hebrews 10:25
Open-minded, more committed to Spirit & truth than comfort & tradition – Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. John 4:23 |
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May 17 |
Far Be It From Me
Warmly welcoming those who visit – Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7
Praying for church’s faithfulness and growth – Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. 1 Samuel 12:23 |
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May 24 |
Administering God’s Grace
Discovering my SHAPE & being equipped to serve – Each person should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
Seeking to have and live from a servant’s heart – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit… Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:3-7 |
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May 31 |
That My House May Be Full
Giving regularly to God through the church – A tenth of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. Leviticus 27:30; On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come, no collection will have to be made. 1 Corinthians 16:2
Inviting those without a church home to worship with me – Then the master told his servant, “Go out to the roads and the country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house may be full.” Luke 14:23 |
Join us for this message series, or any Sunday morning, at 10 am,
at Evergreen Mill Elementary School on Evergreen Mill Rd.
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