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1. God has crafted you for success (for fruitfulness) according to His purposefor your life.

← 2. EXAMPLE: Certain plants will thrive in some places and wither inothers.

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← 3. Are you willing to adjust your expectations to match what God hascreated you to be?

← Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earthand dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loveshis life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am,there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.← (John 12:24–26 ESV)

← B. We need the proper “nutrients” for growth.

← 1. You have heard the term “Garbage In, Garbage Out”…so thequestion to ask is “What are we putting into our lives that will foster spiritual growth?”

← 2. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up. (Psalm 5:3 NKJV)

← a. Direct: place physical objects in a certain pattern for a particular purpose.

← 3. Consistency is crucial for spiritual growth -- It’s better to changeyour plan than never have one at all.

4. The most important ingredient for every Christ-follower is the Word of God.

← a. The nutrients of the Word of God are activated in you when youact upon the Word.

← For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like aman who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. (James 1:23-25 ESV)

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← C. We need the proper environment to grow.←

← 1. Nutrients are vital, but what other support systems are in place?

← 2. Different ways that people grow spiritually: (from “SacredPathways” by Gary Thomas)

← a. The Naturalist who is most inspired to love God out-of-doors by being in a natural setting.

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← b. The Sensate who loves God with the senses -- throughawareness of taste, smell, touch, sight, and sound.

← c. The Traditionalist who loves God through ritual and symbol.

← d. The Ascetic who prefers to love God in solitude andsimplicity.

← e. The Activist who loves God through contributing towardjustice and the enhancement of life in the world.

← f. The Caregiver who loves God by loving others.

← g. The Enthusiast who loves God with mystery andcelebration.

← h. The Contemplative who loves God through contemplation.

← i. The Intellectual who loves God with the mind.

C. Our spiritual growth may happen seasonally, with varying intensity and in

different ways. Just remember, if you are alive – you should be growing!

1. Spiritual growth is just like eating -- not every day is a Thanksgiving feast,

but if you stop all together, you’ll wither and die.

2.A solid life is a growing life.

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