GOD HAS GIVEN US THE RESOURCES TO GROW.HOWEVER OUR PART TAKES TREMENDOUS EFFORT,THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES ABOUT THE BATTLE WITH SIN.''SO I FIND THIS LAW AT WORK;WHEN I WANT TO DO GOOD,EVIL IS RIGHT THERE WITH ME.FOR MY INNER BEING I DELIGHT IN GOD'S LAW;BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW AT WORK IN THE MEMBERS OF MY BODY,WAGING WAR AGAINST THE LAW OF OF MY MIND AND MAKING ME A PRISONER OF LAW OF SIN AT WORK WITHIN MY MEMBER'S (ROMANS7;21-23)PAUL IS DESCRIBING THE BATTLE THAT WE FACE DAILY,OUR OLD SELF VS NEW SELF (FLESH VS SPIRIT) IF WE UNDERSTAND THIS TEACHING,THEN WE UNDERSTAND THE DAILY BATTLE THAT WE FACE REQUIRES US TO.''PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S SCHEMES''(EPHESIANS 6:11)(1CORINTHIANS 9;24-27(2TIMOTHY 4;6-7)
SPIRITUAL GROWTH REQUIRE US TO EVALUATE TO GOD'S WORD.THERE IS NO SUCH THINGS AS INSTANT HOLINESS.IT IS GRADUAL,LIFE -LONG PROCESS THAT TAKES DISCIPLINE.DO YOU THINK THAT TIGER WOODS JUST STEP OUT ON THE COURSE AND HIT GREAT GOLF SHOTS WITHOUT PRACTICE?NOT ONLY DID HE BEGIN AT THE EARLY AGE,BUT THE PRACTICE BY HITTING GOLF BALL AFTER GOLF BALL..IN LUKE 9;23 JESUS CALLS US TO DENY OURSELVES DAILY,'THEN HE SAID TO THEM ALL;''IF ANYONE WOULD COME AFTER ME,HE MUST DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME''
SINCE GOD HAS MADE YOU THIS WAY,WITH CAPACITY FOR LIVING ACCORDING TO HABIT,YOU MUST CONSCIOUSLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT YOUR LIFE.YOU MUST CONSCIOUS AND CAREFULLY EXAMINE YOUR UNCONSCIOUS RESPONSE. YOU MUST BECOME AWARE OF YOUR LIFE PATTERN AND EVALUATE THEM BY THE WORD OF GOD.WHAT YOU LEARNED TO DO AS CHILD YOU MAY BE CONTINUING TO DO AS AN ADULT.PATTERN BY PATTERN YOU MUST ANALYZE AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT HAS DEVELOPED FROM PRACTICE IN DOING GOD'S WILL OR WHETHER IT IS HAS DEVELOPED AS A SINFUL RESPONSE.THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO BECOME A GODLY PERSON,TO ORIENT ONE'S LIFE TOWARD GODLINESS,AND THAT MEANS PATTERN BY PATTERN.THE OLD SINFUL WAY, AS THEY ARE DISCOVERED,MUST BE REPLACED BY NEW PATTERN FROM GOD'S WORD.THAT IS THE MEANING OF DISCIPLINED LIVING.DISCIPLINE FIRST REQUIRE SELF-EXAMINATION,THEN IT MEANS CRUCIFIXION OF THE OLD SINFUL NATURE.
THE HOLY SPIRIT PROVIDES THROUGH HIS WORD.THE BIBLICAL WAY TO GODLINESS IS NOT EASY OR SIMPLE,BUT IT IS THE SOLID WAY.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH--FAITHFUL IN PRAYER.
BEFORE WE STUDY THE WORD,WE SHOULD PRAY AND ASK GOD TO GIVE US WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO SEARCH OUR HEARTS TO REVEAL SIN THAT IS HINDERING OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.''TEACH ME,O LORD, TO FOLLOW YOUR DECREES, THEN I WILL KEEP THEM TO THE END.GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING,AND I WILL KEEP YOUR LAW AND OBEY IT WITH ALL MY HEART.
DIRECT ME IN THE PATH OF YOUR COMMANDS FOR THERE I DELIGHT.TURN MY HEART TOWARD YOUR STATUTES AND NOT TOWARD SELFISH GAIN.
TURN MY EYES AWAY FROM WORTHLESS THINGS;PRESERVE MY LIFE ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD''(PSALM 119;33-37)PSALM 139;23-24)
SPIRITUAL GROWTH-GREAT JOY..
SPIRITUAL GROWTH TAKES TIME AND EFFORT AND REQUIRES A CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR LIVES,WE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE CHANGE WE MAY EVEN BE TEMPTED TO GIVE UP OR THINK THAT IT IS TOO HARD. REMEMBER THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT?
EACH DAY,AS WE DENY OURSELVES AND LIVE IN THE SPIRIT.HE PRODUCE FRUIT IN US.AS WE OVERCOME SIN AND GROW CLOSER TO GOD,WE WILL EXPERIENCE PEACE AND JOY IN OUR HEARTS,TEMPORARY JOY CAN COME FROM THINGS LIKE A PROMOTION AT WORK OR THE HOME TOWN TEAM WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP . BUT TRUE JOY ONLY COMES FROM ABIDING IN CHRIST DAILY.WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY JESUS IN (JOHN 15;10-11)IF YOU OBEY MY COMMANDS.YOU WILL REMAIN IN MY LOVE,JUST AS I HAVE OBEYED MY FATHER'S COMMANDS,AND REMAIN IN HIS LOVE I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE!!!
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TO READ MAY BLOG, I HOPED THAT MY BLOG HELPED US TO GROW OUR FAITH IN GOD!!GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
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