The document discusses the importance of obedience. It references several Bible passages about obeying God's commands through love. Obedience is described as personal, continual, connecting love and obedience, obeying what you know, and obeying before fully understanding. Physical exercise is mentioned as less valuable than spiritual exercise through obedience, which promises life now and in the future. A quote encourages living greatly by praying for God's kingdom and will to be done.
2. B.E.L.O.N.G.
(connection to God and to others as Church)
G.R.O.W.
(Pursuing Discipleship)
S.E.R.V.E.
(serving others)
S.H.A.R.E.
(fulfilling our mission)
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
3. And this is love: that we walk
in obedience to his
commands. As you have
heard from the beginning, his
command is that you walk in
love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
4. How we hear what we
hear in the command
to obey God
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
5. 22 You were taught, with
regard to your former way
of life, to put off your old
self, which is being
corrupted by its deceitful
desires; 23 to be made
new in the attitude of your
minds; 24 and to put on
the new self, created to be
like God in true
righteousness and
holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24 TNIV
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
17. Physical exercise has some
value, but spiritual exercise
is valuable in every way,
because it promises life both
for the present and for the
future.
1 Timothy 4:8 GNT
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
18. “The world needs you at your best. The planet is
made better or worse by the people we choose to
become. If you live a diminished life, it’s not only you
who loses, but the world loses, and humanity loses.
There is a story to be written by your life, and though
it may never inspire a graphic novel, it is a heroic tale
nonetheless. Though you may not recognize it, there
is a greatness within you.” Greatness isn’t about
talent or magnificence, it’s about being a person who
not just prays but lives “they kingdom come, thy will
be done.”
G.r.o.w.
Obedience Erwin McManus
19. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
Continual
Connect: love & obey
Obey what you know
Obey before you understand
20. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
21. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
Continual
22. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
Continual
Connect: love & obey
23. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
Continual
Connect: love & obey
Obey what you know
24. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NIV84
G.r.o.w.
Obedience
Personal
Continual
Connect: love & obey
Obey what you know
Obey before you understand