THE PROCESS: Personal Growth
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
Get into your “Secret Place.”
Set a daily appointment with God for the same time each day for 15 minutes of uninterrupted time in prayer, worship or a Bible study to tune your heart to His presenceMAKE A GROWTH LIST.
Ask yourself: “What areas is God giving me opportunities to grow in? Write them down, then prayerfully explore practical ways to improve in those areas.”
THE PROCESS: The Secret to Success
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
Get into your “Secret Place.”
Set a daily appointment with God for the same time each day for 15 minutes of uninterrupted time in prayer, worship or a Bible study to tune your heart to His presenceEXCEL in your ENVIRONMENT(s).
This week, determine 1 specific way you can bring God’s excellence and blessing into your environment(s)–(home, church, workplace, school).
THE PROCESS: Refining
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Refine your most important relationships* by removing 1 thing that weakens your relationship, and replacing it with something that strengthens it.
Refine your relationship with: • Jesus • Others (family and friends) • Yourself
THE PROCESS: Messy Starts
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Find your Reuben(s) and thank them for their support.
In your journey, God will provide allies you. Do you know who yours are. And have you told them how much their support means to you?
2. Memorize Philippians 1:6 and Romans 8:28.
These scriptures will be foundational in you encouraging yourself and others during your process.
3. Thank God for protecting you during the process.
This is not a simple, “thank you.” Seriously, get alone with God and give thanks for where you are in your process whether you like it or not, agree with God or not, don’t like the season or even if you doubt it your promise will ever materialize. Thank him in the middle of all those emotions. Working through the anxiety, fear, etc. is part of “the process.”
I QUIT: Get Back Up!
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Identify an area where you have experienced repeated failure.
Explore patterns that keep leading you back there.
2: Find someone you trust and confess this to them.
Share the specific steps you’re taking to overcome it and prevent it from happening again.
I QUIT: Never Give Up! (Part 3)
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Determine to grow in 1 area you are persevering in.
(books/articles, conferences, trainings, counseling)
2: Find a “battle buddy.”
(an accountability partner who can encourage you, speak truth to you without offense)
I QUIT: Have You Done Everything? (Part 2)
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1: DO ONE THING THIS WEEK
Identify just one area in your life where you feel like giving up, and ask:
“What’s one thing I haven’t done yet that I can do?”
Then commit to do it this week. Start the momentum.”
You’re not responsible for the result, but you are responsible for the obedience.
2: ARMOR UP DAILY
Every morning this week, read Ephesians 6:10–18 out loud and intentionally ‘put on’ each piece of the armor. Ask God to help you stand in the strength He provides, not just your own.
This will make spiritual warfare a daily mindset instead of a last-resort reaction.
I QUIT: A Spirit of Defeat
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Strengthen yourself in the Word.
2. Ask the Lord for Wisdom and Discernment.
3. Partner (spiritually) with another godly person.
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: Evidence of Grace
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
Renounce your old way of life.
Receive the grace of God (not just His forgiveness, but his the fullness of everything Jesus has to offer.) **Some of people just don’t want to go to hell, so they only receive the grace of forgiveness…not fruit of the Spirit, gifts of the Spirit, baptism in the Holy Spirit, etc.)
Repent (change your behavior)—first to God, then to those whom you have sinned against.
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: Violators and Victims
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Forgive someone who has wronged you.
2. Reach out to someone for help (accountability).
3. Kill your pride through confession and repentance.
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: Men of Grace
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Evaluate how you respond when things go wrong.
2. Choose someone to extend grace to this week. (Pro Tip: Start at home and move “outside.”)
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: Grace Gifts
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Take the spiritual gift survey to help you find out what gift(s) you have.
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
2. Take possession of your spiritual gift RIGHT NOW.
“Lord, I receive the grace You’ve given me. I will use it and operate with grace. I will not abuse my spiritual gift. And I will not withhold it from others.”
3. Determine that you are going to use your gift(s) this week.
Look for an opportunity to use your gift to build someone up this week.
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: Garments of Grace
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1. Mirror Check Challenge
Every morning this week, read Galatians 5:22–23 and ask the Holy Spirit: “Am I clothed in Your grace—the fruit of the Spirit? Show me areas where I can grow.” Then ask a trusted friend or mentor:
“When you see me under pressure, what fruit do you see?” Invite them to help you grow by speaking the truth in love.
2. Call out Grace in others.
When you witness someone operate in grace this week, point it out and appreciate it in them.
GRACIAL RECOGNITION: The Scale of Grace
APPLICATION: Listen to this message and use these practical ways to grow in the Lord.
1.JUDGE YOURSELF…Where are you on the Grace Spectrum?
Be honest with yourself. What do you plan on doing about it? How is it affecting your relationships?
<———EXCESSIVE GRACE (LICENSE)———BALANCED (LOVE)———LACK OF GRACE (LEGALISM)———>
2. TAKE THE 7-DAY GRACE CHALLENGE.
Speak well of someone who hurt you.
Show kindness to someone who’s been unkind.
Give yourself grace—reflect and plan to grow from it.
When someone offends you, forgive and let it go.
Hold someone accountable with love and care. Say, “Because I care for you, I want to tell you this...”
Encourage someone going through a hard time.
Apologize to someone you failed to show grace.
