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February 1, 2009
How We Press On to Maturity!
Mike Fritscher, pastor

Hosea 6:1-3

Hosea 6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. 2 "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. 3 "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth."

1. Return to God in Whatever State You Find Yourself!

•  From the Cross of Christ, God says “I Love You!”
The Demonstration of God's Love! Romans 5:6-10

Hosea 4:1-19

Romans 1:28 And just as they refused to have God in their knowledge any longer, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Romans 1:18

2. Submit to God's Discipline! Hebrews 12:4-13

3. Believe In the Resurrection Power of God!

4. Press On To Know Him!

•  Deal Appropriately With Sin and Things that Hinder You!

Hebrews 12:1-2

•  Run With A Specific Aim!

1 Corinthians 9:26-27 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

•  Look Ahead and Not Behind!

Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.