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Thursday, May 7, 2020 Growing In Grace
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”
— John 15:5
When you were a child, did you look forward to growing up?
Perhaps your mother or father marked your physical growth on a wall, charting your progress toward adulthood.
Just as we anticipated physical growth when we were children, we need to pursue spiritual growth daily.
Repeatedly the Scriptures speak of spiritual growth.
A psalmist declares that when we meditate on God’s Word, we become “like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season” (Psalm 1:3).
Jesus explains how we must be like branches grafted into the vine, growing to produce fruit.
We are told to grow into the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ.
God has most definitely designed us to grow spiritually.
How can we tell if we’re growing according to God’s plan?
One of the signs will be the fruit of graciousness, becoming like the all-gracious God, having an unselfish love and concern for others’ needs.
Another sign is joy.
As we grow in grace, we’ll rejoice in everything life hands us, good or bad.
Conversely, if we grumble and complain about everything, continually sad and dejected and depressed, we’re clearly not growing in grace.
Those negative attitudes reflect our spiritual immaturity.
Consider the great admonition of the Bible: “Rejoice in all things.”
We can fulfill that command only when we’ve grown in grace.
How can we pursue spiritual growth?
Think of Olympic weight lifters, who need just the right food and exercise to build strength.
In a similar way, we as Christians grow by taking in the spiritual food of God’s Word, prayer, and our consistent devotional lives, then by exercising ourselves in the faithful performance of Christian duties such as works of mercy and evangelism.
As we engage in these spiritual disciplines, we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Where are you along the “wall” of spiritual growth?
I encourage you to chart your progress today.
Then set your sights on a higher mark, and commit to at least one spiritual discipline that can get you there.
“All growth that is not towards God is growing to decay.”
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Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever
Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.
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To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.
Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!
Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!
Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!
Thursday, May 7, 2020
GROWING IN GRACE
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