2020: Leap Forward for Spiritual Growth
Scott Maze
2 Peter 1:2-11
In a just a few weeks the calendar will turn to 2020 - can you believe that? Can you believe we are about to see 2020? Our nation will elect or reelect a president next year. 2019 has been a big year for the stock market and for technology. Already the news channel are telling us about famous people who have died this past year. Gloria Vanderbilt, actor Luke Perry, actress Doris Day, baseball player Bill Buckner of Boston Red Sox, and Boston Celtic great John Havlick all died last year. As we close out the year, we are in the process of possibly impeaching a President for just the third time. So 2020 was a big year for many reasons.
What will take place in your life this next year? What will take place in our church's life next year?
Let me challenge you for the next few moments: 2020 could be a powerful year for your spiritual growth. You know 2020 is a leap year. Will 2020 be a leap year for your spiritual growth as well?
Here's a specific question, ''How will you actively seek to grow this upcoming year?'' I want to serve as a catalyst for your personal spiritual growth for the next few moments. I want to encourage you to form some personal habits that shape and focus your life. Most of us want to see dramatic breakthroughs of personal and spiritual growth.
In my mother in law's house, there is a really important wall. It's a wall that has marked our children's growth over the years. When you walk in and look down, you see little pencil marks on the wall next to dates from years ago. Then as you look eye-level, you more current dates of how these three have grown physically. As I survey that wall, I have a sense of pride in how tall they've grown through the years.
Time-lapse photography will allow you to see physical growth over a span of years. But there are no photographs that can show you your spiritual growth.
Most of us want to wake up one day to see that ...
Scott Maze
2 Peter 1:2-11
In a just a few weeks the calendar will turn to 2020 - can you believe that? Can you believe we are about to see 2020? Our nation will elect or reelect a president next year. 2019 has been a big year for the stock market and for technology. Already the news channel are telling us about famous people who have died this past year. Gloria Vanderbilt, actor Luke Perry, actress Doris Day, baseball player Bill Buckner of Boston Red Sox, and Boston Celtic great John Havlick all died last year. As we close out the year, we are in the process of possibly impeaching a President for just the third time. So 2020 was a big year for many reasons.
What will take place in your life this next year? What will take place in our church's life next year?
Let me challenge you for the next few moments: 2020 could be a powerful year for your spiritual growth. You know 2020 is a leap year. Will 2020 be a leap year for your spiritual growth as well?
Here's a specific question, ''How will you actively seek to grow this upcoming year?'' I want to serve as a catalyst for your personal spiritual growth for the next few moments. I want to encourage you to form some personal habits that shape and focus your life. Most of us want to see dramatic breakthroughs of personal and spiritual growth.
In my mother in law's house, there is a really important wall. It's a wall that has marked our children's growth over the years. When you walk in and look down, you see little pencil marks on the wall next to dates from years ago. Then as you look eye-level, you more current dates of how these three have grown physically. As I survey that wall, I have a sense of pride in how tall they've grown through the years.
Time-lapse photography will allow you to see physical growth over a span of years. But there are no photographs that can show you your spiritual growth.
Most of us want to wake up one day to see that ...
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