What I Really Need\nI Need Spiritual Growth: Pastor Michael Dascoli \n7-5-2020\n\n\u201cJesus grew in wisdom and stature, and favor with God and man.\u201d Luke 2:52\n\nRoom to Grow: 4 Areas \n\n\uf0fc\tJesus grew in WISDOM: a proper application of knowledge\n\n\uf0fc\tJesus grew in STATURE: to grow up\n\n\uf0fc\tJesus grew in FAVOR WITH GOD: to grow Spiritually\n\n\uf0fc\tJesus grew in FAVOR WITH MAN: to grow Socially\n\n\u201cJesus grew in wisdom and stature, and favor with God and man.\u201d Luke 2:52\n\n3 Growth Principles\n\n 1: It\u2019s what you learn after you know it all that counts \n\n 2: Unless you try to do something beyond what you\u2019ve already mastered, \n you will cease to grow \n\n 3: The highest reward for our hard work isn\u2019t what we get from it, \n but what we become by it \n\nHebrews 5:11-12: \u201cWe have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers\u2026\u201d\n\n3 Levels of Spiritual Growth\n\nLEVEL 1: Spoon Fed\n\nHebrews 5:12b-13: \u201c\u2026you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God\u2019s Word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.\u201d\n\nLEVEL 2: Feed ourselves\n\nHebrews 5:14-6:1: \u201cBut solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. 1Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity\u2026\u201d\n\nLEVEL 3: Feed Others\n\nHebrews 5:12b: \u201cIn fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers\u2026\u201d\n\n\u201cThe things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.\u201d 2Timothy 2:2\n\n \nhttps://bestcarmag.com/makes/MG/TD/1949-MG-TD\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?