IT TAKES TIME. We worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow..
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IT TAKES TIME
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We worry about how fast we grow,
God is concerned about how strong we grow..
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“Soften Up”
“beachhead”
Take over more territory
-God gives us problems that we cannot handle- Some open to God but others don’t
-The moment we open ourselves to God, He begins his campaign-We may think we have surrendered all our life to him, but the truth is, there is a lot to our life that we aren’t even aware of.-We can only give God as much as we understand at that moment
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BELIEVING
BELONGING
BECOMING
-Through worship-Acknowledging God as our creator
-through fellowship-we belong to the church, young adult ministry
-through discipleship- Helping the poor, visiting nursing homes, etc.
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God is more interested in strength and stability
than swiftness..
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Real maturity is never the result of a single
experience, no matter how powerful or moving..
The Bible says, “our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him”
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Why Does It Take So Long?
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Slow Learners
Have a lot to unlearn
-We need to RELEARN the lesson forty, fifty, sixty times because we always forget
-There is no quick solution to our deep rooted problems and difficulties- REMOVE bad habits and REPLACE with new and better ones
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Afraid to humbly face the truth about ourselves
Growth is often painful and scary
-The truth will set us free, but it often makes us miserable first-Only as God is allowed to shine the light of his truth on our faults and failures can we begin to work on them.
-There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain- People often built their identity around their defects
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5. Habits take time to develop
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-Character is the sum total of your habits- We cannot say that we are kind if we are not habitually kind- No instant habits- If we want to have Christ like character, we need to practice that habit and it takes time- When we practice something over time, we get good at it- Repetition is the mother of character and skill
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PRACTICE THEM AND THAT TAKES TIME!!
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Don’t Get in a Hurry..
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Ways to cooperate with God In the process
1. Believe God is working in your life even when you don’t feel it
-Everything on earth has its own time and season - short intense burst of growth is like springtime - period of stabilizing and testing is like fall and winter- Don’t be disappointed if the answer comes through a gradual change
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Ways to cooperate with God In the process
2. Keep a notebook or journal of lessons learned
-Not a diary of events, but a record of what you are learning- Record so you could review and remember them and pass them on to the next generation-Relearn lesson because we forget them
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Ways to cooperate with God In the process
3. Be patient with God and with yourself
-God’s timetable is not the same as ours-God is never in a hurry, he is always on time-Don’t try to get out of anything prematurely, let it do its work so you become mature and well developed
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Ways to cooperate with God In the process
4. Don’t get discouraged- A delay is not a denial from God
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Remember how far you’ve come, not just
how far you have to go.
You are not where you want to be, but neither
are you where you used to be.
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“Please Be Patient, God IsNot Finished With Me Yet”