Spiritual Growth
What is spiritual growth and how do we grow in christlikeness?
The short answer is ‘seek him’'; the long answer is in all the articles below.
So often the focus of stewardship is outward – it is how we offer the “three ts” to others and to the church. However, I would challenge us to say as well that these considerations need to turn inward as well.
Stewardship Bible Reading Plan for 31 days covering time, treasure, and talent according to the Bible.
Fellowship sounds pretty simple: engaging with other believers in ways that share lives and God’s gifts while strengthening faith. Then why is it so hard?
What the Bible says about celebrating in life, God’s instructions and New Testament exhortations.
Discover how the Bible describes CELEBRATION. Read along with us next month with our free verse reading plan.
Worship is not a form or order that we do, it is the work of our hands, the thoughts of our hearts - showing the worth-ship that we place on God.
The primary purpose of fasting is place God at the center of our lives: our thoughts and actions.
Read along with us as we study Fasting in April. What is fasting and what does God want from our fasting?
The the key to giving is the heart decides what to give, when, how much. It isn’t the church, the Joneses, or anyone else who decides what we need to give.
An introduction to spiritual practices or disciplines along with a definition.
How do we control our emotions biblically? What do our emotions tell us? A guide from the psalms.
Is anger a sin? But God experiences anger, so how could it be sin? It isn’t. We need to experience anger to understand our emotions and deal with them maturely.
The intersection of the mind and belief in Christ leads me to the conclusion that spiritual growth is all about becoming more Christlike in willingly choosing to do so. Choosing to know the Lord and love the Lord begins with acting on the knowledge we have from the Bible.
Relationships have both benefits and rewards when the Lord is the third strand in it.
It is only through the life of Christ in us that we manage to set our hearts and minds and bodies on things above. In his power, we can and do choose the Christlike way that we are called to walk.
Paul says that we need not be distracted or deceived by such things because we are complete in Christ, who is the fullness of God. Colossians 2
In some way, it seems we can preach Christ with our lives. While we live Christ, our lives teach or preach who we believe in. The challenge is to ensure our preaching is consistently Christ.
Paul explains to the Colossians what spiritual maturity looks like in four aspects. Colossians 1:1-14
31-day Bible Reading Plan on Thanksgiving