Spiritual Growth 16 th October 2011 Ben Rawley

Aims of Homegroups 1. Effective Community 2. Spiritual Growth 3. Missional Lifestyle

“12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. 1 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity…” Hebrews 5:12-6:1

Keys to Spiritual Growth 1. Eating (and drinking) 2. Exercise 3. Environment

Keys to Spiritual Growth 1. Eating (and drinking) 2. Exercise 3. Environment

Keys to Spiritual Growth 1. Eating (and drinking) 2. Exercise 3. Environment

“11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of ministry, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:11-15

Wall-E Clip

“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” Philippians 1:6

Keys to Spiritual Growth 1. Eating (and drinking) 2. Exercise 3. Environment

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers” Psalm 1:1