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As children, we’re all born with an internal desire to grow, so we pay attention to the things that help us do that. The same should be true in the spiritual realm for those who are born again through faith in Jesus. All disciples should pay attention to the things that help them grow spiritually. This message focuses on the primary thing that helps a disciple’s growth–because without this one thing–spiritual growth will be virtually impossible.

There are things that disciples of Jesus do that bind themselves and hurt their growth spiritually. Our study today reveals more of those things that hurt a disciple’s growth. Knowing them can help us avoid them so we stay on the path of growing more like Jesus.

Most parents are careful to learn the things that hurt their baby’s growth and to avoid those things. They don’t want to see their child age, but not grow or mature as expected. And in the life of a disciple of Jesus, there are things that hurt spiritual growth as well. Our study today will identify things that hurt a disciple’s growth to help us avoid them so that our maturing in Jesus isn’t stunted as the years go by.

People inside and outside of the church can tell when someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus lives consistently with what they claim. Join our study today as we learn more distinctives of a disciple. These are distinctives that everyone who follows Jesus should be growing in.

There are certain qualities we would expect to find in the life of every person who claims to follow Jesus–but which ones are most essential? Find the answer to this question in this message about the distinctives of a disciple. It highlights the distinctives that should be increasingly evident in the life of every person who claims to follow Jesus.