By We are simply too selfish (Pro 18:1), too limited in understanding (Pro 18:2), and too foolish (Pro 12:15) to think we can go through life without some serious input from some good friends. The first obvious benefit of having some good friends is spiritual growth. Just like your physical body doesn’t
What Your Trajectory Says about the Holy Spirit in You
Perhaps the most expressive verse on a believer’s spiritual growth is 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2
Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day
The Children’s Sunday School song of “Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day” echoes a truth about Christianity as basic as the ABC’s are to language. Read your Bible, pray every day,Pray every day, pray every day. Read your Bible, pray every day,And you will grow, grow, grow. And you will
Young People, Do More!
The direct address of the title “Young people, do more!” is either a strong exhortation, or it requires the removal of the comma to make it an observation that compliments the youth as those who can certainly do more. Whether you sense it as an exhortation or a compliment is
Your Purpose at Church: Grow
The Church exists primarily to be a corporate worship-of-God event. But, the church also exists for the edification of the saints. God called each believer in the body of Christ to reflect the image of Christ (Rom 8:29) by being holy and blameless before Him (Eph 1:4). Each believer in
Self-Evaluation Time-Out
A popular business practice is periodically to take some time-out from ordinary business activities for the purpose of review, brain-storming, forecasting and vision casting. Often the SWOT system of analysing and evaluating a business is used. S stands for Strengths; W stands for Weaknesses; O stands for Opportunities; T stands
The Practise of Spiritual Self-Examination
We all sin in many ways. Some of our sins we are well aware of, yet we are not always quick to repent. Other times we are not even aware of our sinful deeds to God and others. Our most loved ones might cover them many times with their great