HOW TO GROW STRONGER

January 1, 2023 / Darin Latham

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HOW TO GROW STRONGER
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A. What Should Be Happening Within You…

1. As followers of Jesus, this should be our reality: while our is getting ,

our should be getting .

“Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16)

B. How Can I Strengthen My Soul?

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit  in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:16-19)

1. According to the Apostle Paul, you strengthen your soul by your .

2. Our faith is rooted in the of God…

a. Eros: love…

b. Philia: affection…

c. Storge: affection…

d. Agape: the form of love. The love …

3. We will grow stronger as individuals, and we will grow stronger as a congregation, if we grow deeper in our and of God’s .

C. What Are Some Practical Ways to Accomplish This?

Some Word Studies…

“Grasp” (katalambano): to lay hold of, to seize, to possess with your hand or with your mind…

“Know” (ginosko): to recognize, to perceive, to understand…

“Surpasses” (hyperballo): to exceed, to throw beyond, to transcend…

“Filled” (pleroo): to be crammed full…

 

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Today’s Big Idea…

The Agape Love of God:

It is Jesus . It is we .

It is we will . So it is we will .

 

Small Group Discussion Questions

  1. What are some practices you do to strengthen your soul?

  2. How have you pondered the “purest love imaginable” in 2022? Share a story of God’s practical and immeasurable love in your life.

  3. How can you reveal the “purest love imaginable” to others in your life in 2023?

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