Stretched InwardThe Discipline of Grow

Hebrews 124 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”

The Discipline of grow is...

Becoming spiritually healthy through discipline and

balance

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 12 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,

which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 14 Not so the wicked!

They are like chaff

that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Psalm 1

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

“Inward” Stretches1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

The first discipline to stretching yourself is ______ _________ from the obstacles of growth

Turning Away

“Inward” Stretches2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

The second discipline to stretching yourself is ______ ____ the elements of growth:

personal ____ _______personal ______________

Turning Into

Bible Study

Prayer

“Inward” Stretches3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Finally, for spiritual growth, believers must become _____-_______

Self Feeders