February 21 2016 Daring To Grow A Deep Soul
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DARING TO GROW A DEEP SOUL
Daring Faith: The Key to Miracles – Part 7
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Matthew 22:37 (NIV)
Spiritual growth is a process in which GOD AND I EACH HAVE A PART.
1. GOD’S PART: HE INVITES
MY PART: I RESPOND
Ephesians 1:4 (NLT) "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes."
James 1:21b (NJB) "Humbly welcome the Word which has been planted in you and can save your souls."
2. GOD’S PART: HE IS FOUND.
MY PART: I SEEK HIM.
Jeremiah 29:1314a (NIV) "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord . .
Psalm 27:8 (NIV) "My heart says of you, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Lord, I will seek."
3. GOD’S PART: HE TEACHES ME.
MY PART: I LEARN.
John 16:13a (ESV) "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth."
Hebrews 5:1114 (NLT) There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is dif icult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.[a] You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the dif erence between right and wrong
4. GOD’S PART: HE BRINGS GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
MY PART: TO ENDURE.
Romans 8:28 (NJB) "We are well aware that God works with those who love him, those who have been called in accordance with his purpose, and turns everything to their good."
Colossians 1:11 (Msg) "We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glorystrength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy."
Jeremiah 17:78 (NLT) "But blessed are those who trust in the Lord, and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing
Philippians 1:11 (Msg) ". . . bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and
GOD’S GUARANTEE: GOD WILL FINISH WHAT HE HAS STARTED.
Philippians 1:6 (Amp) "And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ (right up to the time of His return), developing that good work and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you."
