Vineyard Community Church: Greenwood, Indiana

From the very beginning God decided that those who came to him—and all along he knew who would—should become like his Son. Roman 8:29 [TLB] We are not meant to remain as children at the mercy of every chance wind of teaching… But we are meant to hold firmly to the truth in love, and to grow up in every way into Christ, the head. Ephesians 4:14-15 [PHILLIPS] What Does It Mean To Grow Spiritually? 1. Spiritual Growth Is Incarnational. - Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 [NIV] - (It’s) … a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. Ephesians 4:24 [MSG] 2. Spiritual Growth is Intentional. - Whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:25 [NIV] 3. Spiritual Growth Is Incremental. - Our lives (are) gradually becoming brighter and