Today we continue our series on the church at Woodside and what we believe is the Kingdom of God.  Last week we talked about our vision of connecting to community by sharing hope, growing in faith and demonstrating love to all people.  We answer the question why is this do we want to connect, which is to make disciples and then began discussing the process of making disciples. The first plan is to be share hope or telling others about the Good News of Jesus Christ, and invite to have a relationship with Him.  Today we will be discussing step two of that process which is growing in faith, we believe that it should be every believer’s goal to grow more like Jesus every day, or glow in our faith.  So we our going to look at some practical ways that everyone here today and listening on the web can grow in their faith.

  1. Not a option
    1. II Peter 3:18 – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
    2. Hebrew 5:12-14 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!  13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.  14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
  2. Feast on the Word
    1. II Peter 1:21 The words came through human beings, but the message came from God. “Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”
    2. Isaiah 55:8-9 My thoughts are not your thoughts,” said God through the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts
    3. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work
  3. Fast in your communication to God
    1. Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus
    2. James 4:2 Ask, and you will receive! James wrote that sometimes we don’t have what we want “because you do not ask God
  4. Fellowship with other Believers
    1. Acts 2:42 They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers.
    2. Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another
  5. Fine tune your Worship
    1. Romans 12:1 offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship
  6. Fine a way serve
    1. I Peter 4:10a Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others…. “

You can download the PowerPoint presentation: Growing in Faith

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