Introduction
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
“… grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ”
- Ephesians 4:15-24 – Growing is a process over time. We must put on the new self. We can change! We can get out of old habits and change the way we live.
- Hebrews 5:12-14
- Over time, we can become stronger spiritually.
“He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”
- Proverbs 13:20
- II Chronicles 24:1-2, 15-19 – The influences in Joash’s life changed and he also changed, turning away from God.
- It’s hard to have mature, spiritual conversations with worldly people.
- Psalms 119:9-16
- Philippians 4:8
- James Clear, Atomic Habits – example of heroine addiction and change of environment
- Can you change your environment to make things easier for yourself?
- Proverbs 5:8; 7:7, 25 – Get out of bad situations!
- What can I do to get away from temptation?
- James 4:7
- Luke 15:18-24 – God and the angels rejoice when we forsake sin!
“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ All that are in Hell, choose it.”
– C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, 1945