31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity Concludes!
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »With the entry below I have finished posting 31 essays on the theme of Spiritual Maturity. The idea for this series was prompted by my reading of the book Simple Church in which the authors argue for churches to have a simple plan ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 31
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LIVING THE JOURNEY WITH CHRIST -- Roadwork Ahead We hate to see a sign saying "Road Work Ahead" - but it's a reality of travel. Even when we've walked with Christ long enough that we're on all five layers of the ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 30
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LIVING THE JOURNEY WITH CHRIST -- Missing a Layer of the Road A road is built with layers, and it must be done in the right order. We've been suggesting that there are five key layers of the road of discipleship. ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 29
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LIVING THE JOURNEY WITH CHRIST -- Step by Step with Jesus We can't know where we should be going on a journey if we don't know where we already are! You can't get from here to there unless you know where ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 28
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LIVING THE JOURNEY WITH CHRIST -- A Road of Five Layers The Christian faith often lacks clear focus and direction. It can be the ultimate example of aiming at nothing - and hitting it! In an effort to lay out a simple-to-understand ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 27
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LIVING THE JOURNEY WITH CHRIST -- Not a Place but a Path Most of life has a purpose. No matter what kind of job a person holds, the company or organization for which he works usually has a clearly-defined goal. A ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 26
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »SERVING WITH CHRIST -- The Help of Jesus The wonderful thing about serving Christ is that it's serving with Christ: we don't do it alone. As it has often been said, the Lord doesn't call the qualified; He qualifies the called! Jesus' ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 25
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »SERVING WITH CHRIST -- The Benefits of Serving Christ We've looked at some of the costs of serving as Jesus served (self-sacrifice and risk-taking); what about the benefits? Because our Lord is a loving Lord, we can assume that anything He ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 24
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »SERVING WITH CHRIST -- The Cost of Serving It costs something to serve people, because when we do that we're putting the wants and needs of others before our own wants and needs. Serving is a personal sacrifice. Jesus' role of ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 23
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »SERVNG WITH CHRIST -- Serving Jesus by Serving Others Probably the best image to use to show what it means to serve others is a bowl with a towel. Jesus used a bowl of water and a towel to remind His first ...
