Growing in Faith

Can you see spiritual growth in your life?

HOW do we grow?

There is NOTHING you can do to grow your faith!

"For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son..."
(Romans 8:29)

"He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."
(Philippians 1:6)

"For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned."
(Romans 12:3)

"Do not quench the Spirit."
(1 Thess. 5:19)

At UNight this Semester

• You recognize growth in your own faith
• You recognize ways you can keep from quenching the Spirit's work in your life

3 Functions of the Soul

Holy Spirit Changes

• Our Beliefs
• Our Desires
• Our Commitments

Transforming Desires

Desiring Christ

"Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart."
(Psalm 37:4)

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice."
(Philippians 4:4)

"...at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
(Philippians 2:10)

"I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other."
(Isaiah 42:8)

"The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice. Let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around.

His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth."
(Psalm 97:1-5)

We want Jesus to be #1

It matters WHERE we FOCUS...

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, & the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us...

...FOCUSING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author and the finishing of our faith."
(Hebrews 12:1-2)

If the Holy Spirit lives in you...

He IS working in you.