Four Quarters
13 Weeks through
Four Stages of Growth in Christ…
We begin at the first week of the New year…
The final Sunday of December. 12/28/2025
for 2026.
In each Quarter we will Explore
10 Words of the Quarterly Theme Scripture
with the other Patterns/Prompts for each week.
**1st Quarter-COME TO LIFE.
BABES are born in the SOVEREIGN Place where God BREATHES -
You must be born of the Spirit! John 3
Quarterly Scripture: 10Words (John 1)
Being born of the Spirit
is how you become a Babe in Christ.
This involves receiving the Gift of Eternal Life
by a prayer of confession that you want to
accept Yeshua Jesus
as the LORD of your life.
It is especially important in this beginning Babes stage of growth
to guard the initial Seed of the Word of God
from being snatched away so that faith is not hindered…
Faith comes by hearing...
and hearing by the Word of GOD...
See the seed scattered on the wayside
in Mark 4 in the Parable of the Sower.
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**2nd Quarter-SIT IN THE LIGHT.
CHILDREN grow roots in the SAFE Place where God SPEAKS -
Seated with Christ in the Heavenlies! Ephesians 1-3
Quarterly Scripture: 10 Words (Genesis 1)
Sitting in the LIGHT of Ephesians 1-3
will give us a foundation
of our new position and identity
as a child of GOD.
Make time to Take time
with the Word and SELAH so you can put down
strong roots deep in your heart…
so when the hard times come
you will remain in faith and trusting the Lord.
Turn away from sin and toward GOD.
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**3rd Quarter-WALK IN LOVE.
YOUNG ONES are strong in the SACRED Place where God is WITH us
Walk in Love and Unity! Ephesians 4-6:9
Quarterly Scripture: 10 Words (Psalm 23)
Ephesians 4-6:9 will give us guidance
on how to be strong in LOVE
as we walk with HolySpirit
and together in Community.
Guard against the thorny soil…
distractions that are in the world…
keep your eyes fixed on Jesus…
He is the Author & Finisher of our faith.
Learn the division of soul and spirit…
deny self life. And follow Him.
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**4th Quarter-STAND IN THE SPIRIT - LIVE!
MATURE ONES Live in the SECRET Place - where God is IN us
...having done ALL... to STAND! Ephesians 6:10-24
Quarterly Scripture: 10Words (Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5)
Mature ones bear fruit... and help others
in hearing God and living in Covenant
with GOD in daily life…
NOT because we MUST– out of bondage,
but because we WANT to– out of love.
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** In all Stages and Quarters -
Yeshua Jesus is LORD.
We look towards ETERNITY,
the CELESTIAL Place…
where every knee will bow to Him.
Eternity Scripture: 10 Words (Matthew 6:9...)
"Stages of Growth" is simply a label
to help us understand the process
of growing spiritually in the Kingdom of God.
Jesus also said, "The Kingdom of God is like
a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.
Night and day, while he's asleep or awake,
the seed sprouts and grows,
but he does not understand how it happens.
The earth produces the crops on its own.
First a leaf blade pushes through,
then the heads of wheat are formed,
and finally the grain ripens.
And as soon as the grain is ready,
the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle,
for the harvest time has come." Mark 4:26-29 NLT
To gain entrance to God's Kingdom
we must first BE BORN spiritually.
Once we are born of the Spirit,
we begin to GROW roots
of knowledge and understanding in His ways.
Over time, we become
spiritually STRONG in the LORD,
in the power of His might.
The outcome is to naturally NURTURE others
into and within the Kingdom
in the same way that we had been.
We become citizens of another place-Heaven...
but we still live on the earth.
While on earth we learn to know God and love God,
which helps us know people (ourself included)
and love people with His love.
We grow in this process
until the time that we are transported
out of our physical body (death)
to be FOREVER with the LORD.
There is so much to explore in God's Kingdom!
Salvation is a Process
of growth
in relationship with GOD…
stage to stage...
faith to faith...
as we are changed by HolySpirit
precept upon precept...
into the image of Messiah/Christ...
glory to glory.
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