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17 Inspirational Bible Verses-How God Grows Us Spiritually

17 Inspirational Bible Verses-How God Grows Us Spiritually …

17 Inspirational Bible Verses-How God Grows Us Spiritually

How do we grow spiritually?

How do we grow more and more into the image of Jesus?

Not much chance of us doing that on our own!

But God wants it to happen…

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.   Philippians 1:6 

And God has provided the way…

Read these 17 Inspirational Bible Verses-How God Grows Us Spiritually…

To find 6 paths God gives to spiritual growth…

1-Spiritual growth through Prayer…

Colossians 1:9-10 

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 

Pray without ceasing,

2-Spiritual growth through the Bible…

2 Timothy 3:16-17 

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Psalm 119:105 

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

3-Spiritual growth through other People…

Ephesians 4:11-13

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds[a] and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

1 Corinthians 11:1 

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Psalm 1:1-3 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

4-Spiritual growth through trials…

James 1:2-4 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

S-Spiritual growth by looking to Jesus…

2 Peter 3:18 

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

John 15:4-5 

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing

John 15:2 

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Colossians 3:16 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Colossians 2:6-7 

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Titus 2:11-14 

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

John 3:16-17 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

6-Spiritual Growth through the Holy Spirit

Romans 5:5 

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

17 Inspirational Bible Verses-How God Grows Us Spiritually

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