Grow

Once you have COME into community and are HEALED, you need to continue to GROW into the fullness of being a follower of Christ. There are many options available to you at Willows — see the menu options above.

In addition to community involvement, there are personal disciplines you need to engage in:

• attend worship faithfully,
• give regularly through my tithes and offerings,
• attend to daily personal devotions - through prayer and the study of the Scriptures,
• avail myself of opportunities for growth through seminars or training workshops,
• belong to a regular Life Group in the church,
• serve the church as a whole by making use of my talents and spiritual gifts,
• follow and submit to my appointed spiritual leaders in the church,
• seek to live a moral and Godly life according to God's Word and
• develop a servant's heart

• "Let us not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another" Heb 10:25 NIV
• "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." Rom 12:1 NIV
• "Each of you should give whatever you have decided. You shouldn’t be sorry that you gave or feel forced to give, since God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Cor 9:7 God's Word
• "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7 NIV
• "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." Acts 2:42 NIV
• "Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Although he was in the form of God and equal with God, he did not take advantage of this equality. Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant, by becoming like other humans, by having a human appearance." Phil 2:5-7 God's Word