Ready, Set, Grow!

This Sunday, we kick off our March spiritual growth / vision series, entitled "Ready, Set, Grow!"  I hope you will join in each Sunday as we ask God to help us grow and make spiritual commitments which allow God's Spirit to be at work in our lives.   This Sunday, we will get started with the first core value of New Life - BEGIN.  We believe that every New Lifer should begin a spiritual journey of faith in Christ Jesus by exploring and embracing biblical truth.

One of the foundational questions we will be asking on Sunday is "Why is growing spiritually important?" Most of us have more important things going on, right?!  We are striving to make our marriage work, become the best parent possible, and make the money necessary to be comfortable and provide for our needs and wants.

Here's the reason spiritual growth is so important: all of those pursuits are fruitless without God.  Your spiritual growth is essential to accomplishing many of the great goals in life.  Few people connect the dots, but if you want a truly great romance and marriage, you need to grow up spiritually.  If you want to become the best parent possible for your kids, you need God's help!   If you want to make a lot of money and not end up miserable, you need to grow up spiritually!

The Bible says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17)   I believe God has good things in store for your life, but the key to experiencing God's good gifts is to allow God to produce in you a transformed life -- a life transformed to be more like Jesus.