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Growth
The first blog post in this series looked at the importance of our relationship with God. The second post revealed how God uses circumstances in our lives to foster our spiritual growth. This post will examine the importance of personal… Continue Reading →
Part 1 of this series on Spiritual Growth focused on investing time with God, specifically through engaging with Scripture. This blog post examines a way that God shapes our character that, if we had a choice, we would probably tend… Continue Reading →
A heartfelt cry among sincere Christians is, “How can I grow spiritually?” It seems axiomatic that communing with God in prayer, walking by the Holy Spirit, and investing time in the Bible will help one grow spiritually. But are there… Continue Reading →
I love the early morning. I find that a good start to the morning sets the trajectory for my day. This seems to be the practice of David of Israel as he recorded these words, O God, You are my… Continue Reading →
This past week about thirty of us from LifePark journeyed to Atlanta to attend the Drive Conference at Northpoint Church. We attended a number of excellent sessions and one of my favorite sessions was entitled “That’s a Great Question” presented… Continue Reading →
My last blog post posed the question, “If the abundant life is God’s standard for me then why does victory seem so elusive? ” A major reason is that we live in the room of good intentions – we try… Continue Reading →
My last blog post considered the price of obedience. If you are going to achieve your God given destiny then it will require that you pay the price. What if the price is greater than what you want to pay?… Continue Reading →
What are your thoughts about the words compliance and obedience? Although they are often appear synonymous there are some subtle distinctions between these two words. Compliance usually refers to adherence to established policies and procedures. Obedience usually includes the heart… Continue Reading →
God’s desire for you is that your life will be fruitful. We have seen in our previous blogs that there are a number of hindrances to fruitfulness in our lives: the enemy seeks to take away the truth, there may be… Continue Reading →
We see that there are many hindrances to bearing fruit in our lives: the attacks of the enemy, a lack of depth in our spiritual maturity, and today we will look at the pressures we face from the world. Jesus… Continue Reading →
In our last blog post we saw how the birds of the air took the precious seed which represented the word of God. Jesus then described another hindrance to bearing fruit, Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have… Continue Reading →
In the parable of the four soils we see that the condition of the soil determines the fruitfulness of the seed. This parable reveals several of the hindrances to fruitfulness in our lives. The synoptic Gospels present this parable along… Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be made complete? This was the Apostle Paul’s passion as he discipled others, “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in… Continue Reading →
The word reflect comes from Latin (reflexio) “a reflection,” literally “a bending back” from re- “back” + flectere “to bend”. From the mid 1600’s the meaning has also referred to “turning back one’s thought on some subject”. We live in… Continue Reading →
A Quiet Time is an opportunity for you to have an unhurried time of fellowship with God. This term describes the practice of having a daily appointment with the Lord, a time of communion with God through Bible study, meditation… Continue Reading →
