Spiritual Growth and Progress

As a Seed – In Steadiness
Mark 4:27
and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

As a Lily – In Lowliness
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel;
 He shall grow like the lily,
 And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

As a Cedar – In Strength
Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
 He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

As a Palm – In Uprightness
Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
 He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

As a Vine – In Fruitfulness
Hosea 14:7
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
 They shall be revived like grain,
 And grow like a vine.
 Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

From Faith to Faith
Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

From Strength to Strength
Psalm 84:7
They go from strength to strength;
 Each one appears before God in Zion.

From Glory to Glory
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.