We Are Kz Naz | Week 3

Develop

By Pastor Jared Higginbotham, August 21, 2026

We Are Kz Naz | Week 3 - DEVELOP “I WILL MAKE YOU”

Matthew 4:18–19 “ And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

**Review: **

  • Last week we discussed **DISCOVER **
  • Jesus' invitation is to come and see.
  • It's a lifelong relationship

Today:

MAIN TAKEAWAYS

  • Jesus isn't finished with me.
  • Spiritual growth requires intentionality.
  • God didn't design me to develop alone.

1.) Jesus Is Making You

2 Peter 3:18 says: “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

  • Jesus meets you where we are, but loves us to much to You There.

  • You don't have to be . You just have to be .

  • Development isn't perfection. It's .

2.) Growth Doesn't Happen By Accident

John 15:4–5 says: “Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine…”

  • We don't produce the growth. DOES

  • We can position ourselves where growth .

  • We never graduate from being a .

3.) You Cannot Develop Alone

Mark 2:4-5 "Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Proverbs 27:17 says: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

  • God never designed us to develop .

  • You don't build community in the storm. You build community the storm.

  • Community isn't only for the .


What does this mean for me?

1.) Where is Jesus currently trying to develop me? 2.) What am I doing to inentionally participate in that growth? 3.) Who am I developing alongside?