Growing Pains: Maturity and Surrender
...all of us [must be] united in our faith and in our knowledge about God's Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.
Ephesians 4:13b GWT
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind.
Ephesians 4:14a GWT
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
1 Corinthians 13:11 NLT
Ephesians 4:13b GWT
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind.
Ephesians 4:14a GWT
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
1 Corinthians 13:11 NLT
If I’m To Mature, I Must . . .
1. Have Boundaries, and Surrender Offense.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:31-32 BSB
Ephesians 4:31-32 BSB
2. Take Action, and Surrender the Outcome.
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.
1 Corinthians 3:7-8 NIV
1 Corinthians 3:7-8 NIV
3. Take Accountability, and Surrender My Life.
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it."
Luke 9:23–24 BSB
...put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24 BSB
Luke 9:23–24 BSB
...put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24 BSB