Growing the Church
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3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—
5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel
6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.
7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,
10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
1. God wants us to grow
1. God wants us to grow
2. Obstacles to growth
2. Obstacles to growth
Unbelief
Rebellion
Curses
Lack of Knowledge
Loss of purpose
Loss of Hope
3. The vision must drive you
3. The vision must drive you
The Bible says, “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he”
It is reported that Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right”
Where there is no vision, people act wildly (perish)
God want our church to grow (that’s the vision)
4. God’s plan for growth
4. God’s plan for growth
God said, “Be fruitful and fill the earth”
He told Noah and his family, “Be fruitful and replenish the earth”
Repentance is the way to renewal and new growth
God is in the practice of restoring, renewing, and revitalizing His people
5. God expects the church to grow
5. God expects the church to grow
Infancy to maturity to reproduce
Seeds into plants that bear fruit with seeds
We all need to pray for growth in believers
Spiritual growth
In faith
In knowledge
In love
Growth comes through discipleship
Commitment
Putting away the sinful self
Moving on from basic teaching
Becoming mature in your thinking
Perserverance in faith
Using your gifts to help the church grow