Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Negative Influence
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for ‘bad company corrupts good character’. Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. 1 Cor.15:33-34
There is an old saying, ‘show me your friends and I will tell you who you are’. A number of us are deceived into thinking that birds of the same feather do not always flock together. ‘Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for bad company corrupts good character’. You cannot be wiser than God. The truth is you are in denial and it will take a little while but your own feathers to show Read the rest of this entry
Habits!
Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. Gal.6:8
Wikipedia.org defines habits as ‘routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously’. Research states that it takes a normal human being 28 days to form a habit. A bad habit is a negative behavioral pattern that has been developed over time. Anything, besides worshiping God that you do not have control over in your life is dangerous. Read the rest of this entry
Sibling Rivalry I
Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. Mark 3:25
Sibling rivalry is a major cause of lack of harmony in homes. The most dangerous are fights ever recorded are the fights between brothers and sister. You are most vulnerable to the people closest to you. Siblings being at logger heads can be so devastating. Some live and die and never reconcile. If you Read the rest of this entry
Countdown
‘While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal’ 2cor 4:18
Is your focus on the temporal pain or the eternal gain? When you look at pain this way, it makes it bearable. Whenever you feel like the situation is unbearable, check, most times you are focusing on the wrong thing. We are able to bear pain when we are not looking at our current predicament. Rather, Read the rest of this entry
Your Calling
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 2 Cor.4:17
Have you ever wondered why God lets you experience storms? Or why you have prayed and prayed and still nothing seems to be happening? Or why it seems no one knows the cost of the life you now are so thankful for. ‘Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set Read the rest of this entry
Self-dependency!
Yes, He humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deut.8:3
Humble yourself so that God would not have to humble you. Self-dependency can be the greatest undoing of any child of God. If you can afford it or you can do it on your own then why do you need God? Because God loves you dearly, He will probably take you through a wilderness situation like the children of Read the rest of this entry
Self-Righteous?
My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to Your decrees. Ps.119:71
I kept myself and got married as a virgin, I’m now married for five years and I don’t have a child. If God were to choose someone to delay childbirth, why me, after all I have been faithful! I know what other girls did in school and yet they got pregnant immediately. Why me? A number of us have experiences that Read the rest of this entry
Faith vs. Works
God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Eph.2:8-9
Salvation is by grace and faith alone and cannot be merited by good works. A number of us have this figured out wrongly, we think that we merit God’s love because of the things that we have done or are currently doing. Until you understand that it is not by works of righteousness but by His grace alone you Read the rest of this entry
Total Commitment
He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds. Titus 2:14
Total commitment is a process which can only start with Jesus. To even begin to understand what commitment means as a child of God you must first understand what commitment means to the Father. ‘He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, Read the rest of this entry
Levels of Commitment
Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the Church, the body of Christ. Eph.4:12
Walking with God cannot happen without commitment. Have you ever asked yourself about your role in the body of Christ? ‘…build up the Church, the body of Christ’. This means that even within the Church, there are levels which you can only attain if you submit yourself to being built up. We grow in Read the rest of this entry
