Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

1 Thessalonians 2:13 reads, “The word of God…effectively works in you.”   Spiritually speaking, you may not be as far along as you’d like to be, but thank God you’re still on the road. At one time you were a stranger to God’s grace,...
Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

Spiritual Growth (Pt. II)

1 Corinthians 13:11 reads, “When we grew up, we quit our childish ways.”   People with strong faith can make you feel “less than,” when you compare yourself to them. One Bible teacher writes: “I admired those faith heroes whose flowery...
Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

Spiritual Growth

Galatians 6:9 reads, “In due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”   A high-rise construction worker slipped and fell from a scaffold forty floors up. As he was plummeting past the twentieth-floor window, a woman in an office shouted out,...
Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

God Loves Them, You Must Too

Acts 10:28 reads, “God…doesn’t think anyone is unclean or unfit.”   From a Jewish point of view Cornelius, a Gentile, was a bad guy. He ate the wrong food, hung out with the wrong crowd, and swore allegiance to the wrong leader: Caesar. He...
Spiritual Growth (Pt. III)

Practice Humility

1 Peter 5:5 reads, “Clothe yourselves with humility.”   The Bible says: “Clothe yourselves with humility…for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble…humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you...