What’s Next? – How We Grow

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV)  //  But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Psalm 16:11  //  You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Ephesians 1:16-18  //  I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.  I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.

• Know God
• Find Freedom
• Discover Purpose
• Make a Difference
• Know or Know About
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Matthew 7:21-23  //  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

• God isn’t looking for religion. He’s wants a relationship.
• Great White Throne Judgement

Matthew 15:1-3, 6-9  //  Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” 3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 6 …Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”

• Frustration with trying to do good.
• Envying others who seem closer to God
• A sense that something is missing.
• 1. Open your eyes to how much God actually loves you.
• 2. Confess your sins and ask God to forgive you.
• 3. Go all in with God

Jeremiah 29:13  //  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

• Give God one year