Ps Ryan Warner

Ps Ryan shared the word with us this week and he continued our Transferring Trust series. He shared an analogy with us where he compared going to gym with going to church and he reminded us to grow in our faith and our walk with God. (1 Samuel Luke 2:52)

As we are meant to grow in church and not just go to church, by growing in our faith and transfer our trust in Jesus. Ps Ryan, continued by acknowledging that it is difficult to trust God on our growth journey as it is unknown and thus focusing on God is not always easy. Yet, the key is to commit ourselves to grow in Christ, as this helps us in our daily spiritual walk.

He also explained that spiritual growth is not optional, Ps Ryan elaborated on this by using physical growth and drinking milk, eating solid food and meat as explained in 1 Corinthians 3:1-2.

He highlighted 3 areas in our walk with Christ:

1. Our personal faith in Christ – Colossians 2:6-7
2. Praying bold prayers – James 1:5-8
3. Gathering of the saints – Hebrews 10:25

Ps Ryan also highlighted the difference between a person going to church and one growing in church:
A person who only goes to church / Goer: is just at church, receives, going to church is optional, give whatever finances they can, they go to church alone and they rock up; while
A person who grows in church / Grower: they increase, they love to give, they are committed, they budget to give God their 1st 10%, they invite the world and they come prayed up.