Growth

“if you're not growing, if you're not learning, then you're going to be declining. And so what's true in life, it's true in the church. Now, I want to make a clarification as I'm talking about growth here. When I speak of growth, I'm not simply talking about numerical growth. I want to get that very clear. Though numerical growth is fun, though it's exciting,”

“the provision. He's given you the promises. He gave you a prescription for growth, the approach to growth, description of it, and the value for it, which we basically started with instead of ending with. And then this is where I wanted to just, I wanted to close with this that I told you I would get to, and that is sanctification occurs when you cooperate, confront, and commit. Spiritual growth is a cooperative effort. Who's responsible for you growing? You. Who's responsible for you growing? God. Okay. God will never sanctify you without”

“So you were not made to do life alone. You were made to do life in community. And so I want to urge you, a lot of our life groups are about to ramp up and get going. They're doing sermon-based curriculum as we get into the book of Luke. And so if you come to worship next Sunday morning, you've got everything you need to then step into a life group that week, meet people, get to know people, and study God's word together. Number two, growth not only happens in the context of community, growth happens through accountability. Growth happens through accountability.”

“our a lot of our life groups are about to ramp up and get going. They're doing sermon based curriculum as we get into the book of Luke. And so if you come to worship next Sunday morning, you got everything you need to then step into a life group that week, meet people, get to know people, and study God's word together. Number two, growth not only happens in the context of community. Growth happens through accountability. Growth happens through accountability. I was reading this study this week. It was a sociological study and it said that um people who commit to a workout plan like”

“each one a testament to God's work among us. And the growth didn't stop there. After months of prayer and preparation, Warren's fourth campus, Warren Crossbridge, officially launched in January. Their first Sunday saw 151 in attendance. and we've been blessed with continued growth since. In March, Warren Grovetown celebrated an incredible milestone, 10 years of ministry, growth, and God's faithfulness.”

“paul teaches us here and that is that spiritual stability depends on spiritual growth that that that growth is needed it's not just enough to have that initial taproot in place but there needs to be a growth of an entire system of rootedness in christ that begins to show the health and the well-being of the whole look at what he says here he says as you receive christ jesus the lord so walk in him rooted and then it's kind of weird he's talking about receiving christ and being”

“And the distinctive difference between strong churches and weak churches is the presence or the absence of growth. Now, before you kind of get all the alarms up and start bending question marks in your mind, let me make it clear that when I'm speaking about growth, I'm not just talking about numerical growth. How many people, how fast you're growing. I want to be a part of a growing church”

“my people, your people, your family. And and just rest in me. And I'm like a hard charger. Y you guys, if you've been here any time, you know that about me. Like I'm inagram 8. I'm a I'm a challenger. I challenge the status quo. I'm not content with the keeping the same amount of people that we have in the room. I want to produce something. I want more people in the room. I want more spiritual growth. I want people shedding off sins and putting on righteousness. Like I want to see spiritual growth. I want to see physical growth. I want to have to build another building because we keep getting after this thing together. And so I'm setting goals and I'm trying to achieve those goals. And I”