{"id":20862,"date":"2020-03-15T16:43:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2020-03-18T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T20:40:27","slug":"little-by-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/little-by-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Little by Little"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Little-by-Litte.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20862-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Little-by-Litte.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Little-by-Litte.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Little-by-Litte.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Wayne Fancher<\/p>\n<p>Exodus 23:30 <strong>Little by little<\/strong> I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.<\/p>\n<p>Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.<\/p>\n<h2>I. Spiritual Growth Little By Little<\/h2>\n<p>Ephesians 4:13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, <strong>to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p>II Peter 1:5-8 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, <strong>add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound<\/strong>, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<h2>II. Spiritual Journey Little By Little<\/h2>\n<p>Hebrews 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and<strong> let us run with endurance the race that is set before us<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. <strong>Sufficient for the day is its own trouble<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 10:36 <strong>For you have need of endurance<\/strong>, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:<\/p>\n<h2>III. Spiritual Work Little By Little<\/h2>\n<p>Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, &#8220;Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, <strong>you will say to this mountain, &#8216;Move from here to there,&#8217; and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 10:42 And <strong>whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water<\/strong> in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 13:31-33 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: &#8220;<strong>The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed<\/strong>, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.&#8221; 33Another parable He spoke to them: &#8220;<strong>The kingdom of heaven is like leaven<\/strong>, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/survival\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurvival\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Wayne Fancher Exodus 23:30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow. I. Spiritual Growth Little By Little Ephesians 4:13 till we all come to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[1161,383,917],"class_list":["post-20862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-endurance","tag-growth","tag-persistence"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92823,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-extra-mile\/","url_meta":{"origin":20862,"position":0},"title":"The Extra Mile","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Michael Cawthorn via\u00a0Biblical Insights, Vol. 15 No. 2, February 2015 What comes to your mind when you hear the word extra? 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