Luke 2:39-40 When Jesus’ parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee. There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him. Luke 2:51-52 Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart. Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. I CAN G.R.O.W: - Gain Knowledge - Restate it in your own words - Order your steps - Walk it out LISTEN UP - Something impossible is going to happen in your life, and your future will look completely different than your past. John 10:10 (NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Matthew 20:26-28 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” 1. SEE THE Isaiah 43:19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. 2. AND OTHERS Colossians 1:28 So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ. That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me. 3. CONTINUALLY Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. 4. VALUE AND Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. Ephesians 4:11-12 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 5. EMBODY THE Colossians 3:10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.