“Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ”
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NLT)

"Come to me you who are tired and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10 (NIV)

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.”
John 14:27 (ESV)

"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me."
Matthew 16:24 (NLT)

“Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 18:22 (NLT)

"Anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Matthew 5:28 (NLT)

Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?... At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.”
John 6:60, 66 (NLT)

Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?"
John 6:67 (NLT)

“For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths.”
2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NLT)

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.”
John 6:68 (NLT)

OUR MATURING IS CONNECTED TO OUR BELIEVING.

WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD WILL SHAPE EVERY ASPECT OF WHO WE ARE & HOW WE LIVE.