GROW: how to build BIG faith in our lives
Message Date: 9/4/2022
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

GROW SERIES

Here is what I can tell you:
I was one way and now I am completely different.
And the thing that happened in-between was HIM. —–Mary Magdalene, The Chosen

A relationship with God transforms our lives.

If we are not growing, there is a

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Colossians 3:1-15

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

2 Set your minds on things

, not on

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things.

3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

5 Put to

, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.

7 You

to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.

8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone.

as the Lord forgave you.

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be

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COMPARE & CONTRAST: Earthly Things vs. Spiritual Things

Earthly Things:
1. Sexual Immorality
2. Impurity
3. Lust
4. Evil Desires
5. Greed
6. Idolatry
7. Anger
8. Rage
9. Malice
10. Slander
11. Filthy Language
12. Lying

Spiritual Things:
1. Compassion
2. Kindness
3. Humility
4. Gentleness
5. Patience
6. Forgiveness
7. Love
8. Unity
9. Peace
10. Thankfulness

Put to

… (Colossians 3:5)

1 John 2:15

“Do not love the world or anything in the world.”

Sexual Immorality—Greek word is Porneia

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with God transforms our lives.

This Week:

*Read Colossians 3 out loud every day this week!

*Every day—put something to death (earthly things); put something on (spiritual things)

The rest of the GROW series, we will cover topics such as:

*We grow by letting God speak into our hearts: Spiritual Disciplines.

*We grow by letting God speak into the way we live: Time & Priorities.

*We grow by letting God speak into our relationships: Marriage,Parenting, Dating, Sexuality.

*We grow by letting God speak into how we relate to money: Stewardship.

*We grow by letting God use us in ministry: Spiritual Gifts.