Our financial health is not the only thing that requires an investment; our spiritual growth requires one too. No, not a financial investment, though God may ask that of us, an investment of time, effort, passion, and heart. God will ask for an investment of sacrifice, faithfulness, and commitment. He will ask us to invest in the lives of others with love, support, and encouragement. God will speak to us about investing deeper into our own discipleship with Christ.

Main Points:

1. Let me ask you, “What investment are you making in your own spiritual growth?” Don’t rush past this question. Take a minute and think about it. What investment are you making in your own spiritual growth? To get a return, you have to make an investment.

2. Growth does not happen automatically. In fact, when something is not healthy, we often say it has “stunted growth,” meaning something is hindering and prohibiting healthy growth.

3. What can you do today to begin investing in your spiritual growth? How can you begin pursuing a closer relationship with Jesus? What steps of faith can you take? Where do you need more investment?

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Mark 10:28-31 - “Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Deuteronomy 4:29 - “But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

James 4:8 - “Come close to God, and God will come close to you.”

Psalm 37:4 - “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

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