Spiritual Growth / 78 posts found
Stay on the Path of Life
“You will show me the path of life.” Psalms 16:11 God offers us an abundant life. We just need to be willing to embrace it. I have learned over the past 50 years that staying on track takes self-control and discipline. Self-control is actually planted in you by the Spirit and is growing inside of you as a fruit of the Spirit. Self- control and self -discipline develop as you are obedient to the Still Small Voice of the Lord on a daily basis. Set the boundaries that He says to set. The little things count! Obedience to the little […]
Do You Know Which Way to Go?
“You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with your and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess.” Deut. 5:33 Have you ever been lost and didn’t know which way to go? Recently I was lost in a big city and did not know which way to go. After completing my business at the court house, I asked the clerk how to get to the interstate. She seemed quiet annoyed at the question but hurriedly gave me directions. […]
What Are Your Thoughts About Yourself?
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me O God? How great is the sum total of them! If I should count them they are more in number than the sand; when I awake I am still with thee.” (Psalm 139: 17) Where are your thoughts about yourself coming from? Are you listening to others’ comments or are you listening to the Lord? Are you measuring your worth by a worldly standard you see on TV or are you using God’s Word as the standard? If you can believe that God carefully and lovingly molded you in the womb and […]
Are You Spiritually Immature?
There are many church pews filled with Spiritually Immature people. They go to Church, but fail to really grow in their Spiritually Maturity. Fulfilling the call of God on your life will require spiritual maturity. We can look at Solomon and what he had to go through to prepare to build the house of the Lord. King David wanted to build the House of the Lord, but God told him that Solomon would be the one who would build the House. Even though David was probably disappointed, he began helping Solomon prepare himself for the task. In 1 Chronicles 29:1 […]
Find Your Purpose and Stay in Your Seat
“Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places” Ephesians 1:20 “And He has raised us up together and made us sit together in Christ Jesus”. Ephesians 2:6 Jesus is seated by the right hand of the Father and He doesn’t get up out of His seat. But we get up, just as a little kid has a hard time sitting still in church. They squirm, wiggle and always need to get a drink of water or go to the bathroom. Maturity is all about […]
minister to others out of overflow
When you are ministering to others, it is so important to be refilled with God’s Word daily. There are so many reasons: His Word is the lamp to your feet and the light to your path; but, even more importantly, God’s Word is the Living Water that gives life to your spirit. The reality is that we cannot live without water. That is how God created us. You can not survive over three days without natural water before your body begins to shut down. Even a flowering plant requires water to live. You can see the effects within a few […]
Watch God Work
God’s Word does not return to Him void! His Word will accomplish what He sent it to planet earth to accomplish. Twenty five years ago I was given a scripture based prayer and encouraged to pray it diligently for each family member. At the time my husband and I only had one daughter, so that seemed do-able. I printed the prayer out, placed it in my Bible and prayed it every day, with my husband and daughter’s name in the prayer. As I read this prayer today, in the Amplified version, I was amazed at how this simple prayer had […]