The Secret Growth Accelerator
Saddleback Church Weekend Messages
Saddleback Church
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
What if the secret to spiritual growth has been right in front of you all along? In this message, Pastor Andy Wood and Dream Team Pastor Jacob Wilson reveal one of the most counterintuitive truths in Scripture: a life of service is the secret accelerator of growth. God didn't just save you from something. He saved you for something. Drawing from Ephesians 2:8–10, they explore three reasons to serve: God saves us for service, shapes us for service, and grows us through service, building your character, His Church, and your reach along the way. You have been uniquely formed with specific gifts, passions, abilities, and experiences, and there is a place in the body of Christ that only you can fill. Your purpose isn't just waiting to be discovered. It's waiting to be lived.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, this is Andy Wood, and I'm the pastor here at Saddleback Church, and this is our podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | Be sure to subscribe so we can get you these new messages every week, and I hope you enjoy today's message. |
| 0:14.2 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:25.5 | Today we're in the third week of a message series called Get Growing, |
| 0:28.3 | and we're calling this Dream Team weekend. |
| 0:30.8 | And the reason why is we're launching the Dream Team. |
| 0:37.6 | Now, you just heard from Jacob a little bit about our 3,500 volunteers who serve in different teams. |
| 0:41.7 | You might be one of them, but I want to take a moment just to honor you, |
| 0:45.6 | everybody who serves in any capacity as a volunteer at Saddleback. |
| 0:48.3 | Can we put our hands together for all who are serving? |
| 0:58.0 | And really for the last 46-plus years, Saddleback has been built on the backs of people who serve, who love, who pour out their lives. |
| 1:06.1 | And as we're stepping into this new season of the Dream Team, that's the label, that's the place that we're inviting people to join as they serve. |
| 1:10.5 | Today, if you're not on the Dream Team, I'm going to give you an opportunity to be a part of it. |
| 1:14.2 | And I'm going to tell you a little bit more why we're starting to call our volunteers the dream team. But I want to begin with this statement we looked at last week, and this is it. |
| 1:19.3 | It's growth is God's will for you. Do you believe that? That God wants you to grow. |
| 1:24.7 | And what God wants for your growth is growth in all areas. And it really does |
| 1:28.6 | appeal to this desire deep within our soul that God puts in us this longing for growth. We want to be |
| 1:35.2 | different. We want to change over the course of time. And you know the truth is we want to change |
| 1:39.5 | in a lot of different areas. And maybe it's fitness physically or finances, but ultimately growth is God's will |
| 1:46.3 | in all facets of our life. And what I love about this kind of conversation that we often find |
| 1:52.0 | ourselves in is how we often are looking for the quick, like easy hack to get growth. And you see |
| 1:58.9 | this in physical fitness. I've been watching on these videos on |
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