Step by StepA. Our lives are shaped by “steps.”B. Steps are small and slow, but they define a direction that makes a difference over a lifetime.I. The Steps of Your PathwayA. Our Creator has repeatedly encouraged us to realize the potential for danger in our steps:1. ____________________steps (Prov 14:15-16)2. __________________steps (Prov 5:1-14, 21-23)3. ________________steps (Prov 7:24-27)4.________________steps (Prov 27:12)5. Steps without regard for_______(Jer 10:23)B. Our Creator has also defined the direction we ought to have been stepping all along:1. Steps in “the_________way” (Jer 6:16)2. __________________steps (Psa 37:23-24, 30-31)3. ______________steps (Psa 40:1-2)4. ______________steps (Psa 119:129-133)5. Steps with the right____________________(Job 31:4; 34:21)C. You are where you are this morning because of steps that lie behind you:1. Your spiritual health, vitality, and maturity2. Your marriage3. Your investment in and connectedness to this local church4. Your relationships that have been strained or broken5. Your reputation6. Your readiness for eternityD. But as of this moment, those aren’t yourlaststeps! So what about your next steps?II. The Steps of the SaviorA. That you might____________in his steps (1 Pet 2:21-25)B. That you might keep in step with the___________(Gal 3:26-29; 5:24-25)C. That you might find, travel along, and live within the path of________(Psa 16:11; Matt 7:13-14)MY NEXT STEP:I need to focus this week on my steps that relate to________________________.