God works in us to help us grow spiritually.

Just like sheep know the sound of the shepherd's voice and will come to him, we must be sure that our ears are open to Jesus voice so that we can come to Him when He calls us.

It's not wrong for us to put effort into our spiritual growth, but God will make us grow. Our effort is about participating in the life He longs for us to live.

We're all born spirutually blind. But for the grace of Jesus who sees us on the side of the road that's where we stay. And when He does see us, He recreates in us eyes to see.

What would it look like if all the members of the church were committed to leading others to a relationship with Jesus?

A relationship with Jesus doesn't come from reading the Bible once or twice. It comes when we accept help for the things we are struggling to overcome on our own and know that the Father is right there with us to help carry us home.

Being a leader is more about just being the boss or the guy up front. We need help along the way.

When we commit ourselves to Jesus, we become leaders for Him, but the hardest person we have to lead is the one we see in the mirror every day.

When we cry out to God, sometimes His answers don't seem like a blessing at that moment, but He is always looking out for us, even if we don't see it fully until later.

We all have different backgrounds and different life experiences that shape our perceptions of the world around us, but we can be unified together through Jesus and start seeing those around us through His eyes.