There’s No Fast Track to Spiritual Growth
Growing spiritually should be of high importance for every believer. But how can we begin to grow toward spiritual growth?
Growing spiritually should be of high importance for every believer. But how can we begin to grow toward spiritual growth?
Many Christians who’ve gone to church all their adult lives (especially those under fifty) can’t recall hearing a single sermon on lies about heaven.
Growing spiritually is something that can be served by other people but ultimately must be owned personally by you.
Too many Christians own Bibles they rarely open. This powerful call challenges believers to move beyond possession to daily immersion in God’s Word.
How did I get here? This certainly isn’t how I imagined my life turning out. In fact, it’s more than that - this isn’t how it ought to be at all!
Use whichever you feel seems most authentic and sounds like yourself. For me, I prefer, “I apologize.” I just said that to someone today and it saved a relationship. It’s freeing. It’s therapeutic. It’s the Christ-like and right thing to do.
The cost of discipleship may be hard to fathom, but once we actually follow Jesus, in this mode of self-denial, what do we find? Rest for our souls, not weariness.
“Cast your cares on the Lord because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
The protective dad in me was about to unleash, so I paused to pray and ask God for wisdom and grace to handle the situation in the Spirit, not in the flesh. Holy Spirit Diffused a Bad Situation.
You see, God is good whether we believe it or not. God—and God alone—is the final court of arbitration. As the apostle Paul wrote, “Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true” (Romans 3:4 NLT).