ADULTING – CHOOSE YOUR CHANGE

ADULTING – CHOOSE YOUR CHANGE

“Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.

Proverbs 2:11

“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.”

Ephesians 4:1

GUIDING TRUTH: Choices determine the distance between and .

WHY IS REAL CHANGE HARD TO COME BY?

• It can be .
• It involves
• The status quo is .
• The of change can be unclear.

“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. ¹² Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. ¹³ This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.”

Ephesians 4:11-13

BIG IDEA: Think not .

“Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.”

Ephesians 4:14

• Long term trumps short-term .
• Your produce the you are living.
• The Christian life is not but heart .

“And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.”

EZEKIEL 36:26

“Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

Ephesians 4:15

“I ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for you.”

Ephesians 1:17-19 (MSG)

THE RESULTS OF TAKING YOUR NEXT RIGHT STEP

1. Spiritual .

Begin a relationship with Jesus, Get Baptized, Be at church every week, First 15, One year Bible.

Join a group, Accountability, Become a group leader

Growth Track, Membership, Next Steps Conversations

Dream Team, Outreach, Missions, Acts of Kindness

God what is my next right step?