What Can You Do To Grow Spiritually?
What Can You Do To Grow Spiritually? Life is certainly very rough! We Must constantly struggle against sin inherited from our mortal body. We all live with all realties of pain, sickness, and death. We constantly live in a world that's constantly decaying. Even if we turn our life unto Jesus Christ our Lord God, what is there to look forward to ? The Apostle Peter gives us all an idea in the word of God.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:1 Peter 1:3-8 (King James Version)
He's refinning us by the Holy Ghost power and it heats -up in order for us to be seperated from worthless and impure dross from the beauitful gold. The dross would be skimmed off until the refiner could see his image in the liquid gold. God uses the firery trials and tribulations in our life to purify and beautify our faith so that one day he will be able to see us with much clarity in this that caused Jesus Christ to be ables to see his image in us.This truth great offers great comfort to those of us whom struggle to make sense of a past marked by suffering. We can be comforted and confident that God will seperate something that very pricfrom dross of our experiences. During our most painful trials, we may fail to see( God) Jesus Christ is truly with us. Yet the Apostle Paul suggests that, strange as it may seem at the time, surrendering unto Jesus Christ in those very difficult times of trials, tribulations can be a joyful experience. If we do trust that Jesus Christ will use all of our trials, tribulations to futher the process of healing in our life, even through we are in those very tough times can become a celebration.
It's often times very difficult to wait on (God), particularly when he seems so very slow in bringing about our healing. We at times say:" Why doesn't God return for us now?" Why does he allow suffering and all of these frustrations? The answer is is very simple yet profoundly full of love: God is full of patience, he wants all to come to him and discover the only true way of salvation and life. As we wait, we can trust him for a good purpose. Scriptures: 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
The purified minds of Christians are to be stirred up, that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There will be scoffers in the last days, under the gospel, men who make light of sin, and mock at salvation by Jesus Christ. One very principal article of our faith refers to what only has a promise to rest upon, and scoffers will attack it till our Lord is come. They will not believe that he will come. Because they see no changes, therefore they fear not God,
Ps 55:19. What he never has done, they fancy he never can do, or never will do. (2Pe 3:5-10)
GOD'S PROMISES :We are often reminded in the scriptures of the precious gift of forgivness and a new life thy have received through faith in Jesus Christ. It's a gift because No One can claim to be worthy of the salvation God offers through Jesus Christ ( Ephesians 2:8,9). Truly God is Good ! Experincing God's kindness and peace depends on truly knowing Him. Sometimes we expect peace to come before we make a healthy choices, but we are reminded what the Apostle Paul that grace comes when we concencrate on getting to know God. We can then take steps to improve our minds with God through prayer and meditate on His word. The most comforting is a by product of faith, is the simple awareness that we can posses everything we need to live a full and meaningful life. How do we all experience this provision? By participating in God's nature through faith and going through practice into all that he has designed us to be. The past of whom we are,the future is securely in God's hands, and today designed us to be, and full of oportunities to grow in understanding of love, forgivness, truth, and grace! Just as parents provide for thier children's needs, so God supplies all that we need, including the ability to rise above our circumstances and tempations. He keeps fire and water from hurting his people (Isa.43:2) KJV.
2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
We whom believe in Jesus Christ is firmly grounded anchored and deeply rooted and driven by God's dyamic,unlimited love, and in his words which is the very soil that we need daily in our lives, especially going through firery trials, tribulations that life brings unto us. So that we are very confident that (He's) able to do much,much more for and through us than we ever possably imagine that he can do for us and bamk on Him do it in our behalf. Esoecially when life is the roughest and then very hopeless , but yet remain very hopeful that he can take us beyond it all in having his restoration in being grounded in his love.
Scripture: 14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-19 (King James Version)
We don't ever cease for "Praying" for you that comes from our hearts, because God's glorious power is at work within us and his strength and has given us his patience to endure it. It's God's ultimate authority to restore us and to think very postive in in You coming unto him through His own plan of salvation, love, grace, mercy in your own life in all hopes in restoration of which He'll provide in our praying for you even if we don't live to see it happen.
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
I'm sending unto You God's Gospel for the hearing person whom will listen to and ahear what God is saying unto them today ! Because it ill bring unto you a new life in Jesus Christ through His Word and deed. And for us to live it fully unto Him daily, in sharing our story of one's own delieverence is to live it. There's nothing but God's own power that attain one's own witness in what he has accomplished in one's own life that bring about changes, actions that has been seen ,even having those around us in our daily living whom can and will testify unto it as they see us walking in those kinds of changes that's been brought about by the hand of God. No one can comes against at all when it's been brought by God and it will be legtimate and the evidence will be in the persons life, and it been very transformed in ways that beyond comprehension unto the person themselves.When we can trust God and fully allow him to bring about change is the best ways to share with others just what he's done in us and through us like never before.. what a powerful witness that is in a person's own life. Scriptures:
11These things command and teach.
12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.1 Timothy 4:11-16 (King James Version)
We often times have a hard time of growing in the full maturity in having child-like behaviors instead of growing -up to the fullness of "Spiritual " maturity in being an adult. It takes a very long time for the maturity to grow inside of a person, and having any form of progress showing in one's own life in growing in Jesus Christ. If it isn't growing in a person then we ought to pray and ask the Lord God in seeking Him to find out why that is and then to listen for God's answers to get those results out of the word of God. That's is called " Spiritual lethargy" Yet we are postive in the fact that those are very strong and very hard words to swallow and it very direct to take in one's own life. We do know just how hard the past is and was,and how hard they have worked to grow from it.We often times need to be re-directed to follow those paths that God has deeply chosen for us to follow in setting it right in our lives. Yes, it very challenging for us to turn it around ! But we must presever in maintaing toward our spiritual growth and to confront it when necessary when our loved one gives it unto us in settting us on those straight paths unto God simply because they truly undeniably loves us and deeply cares about us. Scriptures:
9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:9-12 (King James Version)
We Must Not only, do No hurt to any, but do good we can to all. To those whom are the elect of God,holy and beloved, ought to be lowly and very compassionate towards all. While living in this world where there is so very much corruption in our hearts, quarrels will sometimes arise. But it is our duty to forgive one another, imitating the forgivness through hich we are saved. Let the pease of God rule in your hearts; it is of his working in all whom are his. Thanksgiving to God, helps make us agrreable to all men. The Gospel is the word of Jesus Christ. Many have the word, but it dwells very deeply in them poorly; it has No power over them. The soul prospers, when we are full of the scriptures and of the grace of Jesus Christ. But when we sing psalms, we must be affected with what we sing. Whatever we are employed about, lets do everything in the name of the LordJesus Christ, and in believing dependence on him. Those who do all in Jesus Christ's name, will never want matter of thanksgiving to God, even the Father. Scripture: 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16 (King James Version)
Here we see and acknowledge that the Apostle Timothy was told by the Apostle Paul to work hard to recieve God's approval by diligently studing the word of God, to fully discover God's will for him in both attitudes and actions. Hey we just can't know what it has to say unless we study it diligently and know just what it truly says unto us daily. Then to really discover what God wants us to live in the wicked world. Then by following His instructions with prayer in rebuilding our lives unto God, for other's in helping us along our journey in the word of God by other believer's whom have the same set of goals in living this life today. Scripture:
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 (King James Version)
The wicked will perish, but God's people shall be exalted:
God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation and grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by the Holy Spirit, we may behold and share the Redeemer's glory. It is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that believers receive all the virtue that keeps them alive, and makes them fruitful. Other trees, when old, leave off bearing, but in God's trees the strength of grace does not fail with
the strength of nature. The last days of the saints are sometimes their best days, and their last work their best work: perseverance is sure evidence of sincerity. And may every sabbath, while it shows forth the Divine faithfulness, find our souls resting more and more upon the Lord our righteousness. Scripture: 12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Psalm 92:12 (King James Version)
It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unbelievers looked no further than to the outward institution. But the great precepts of the gospel, believe, love, obey, are truths stated as clearly as possible. And the whole doctrine of Christ crucified, is made as plain as human language can make it. Those who lived under the law, had a veil
upon their hearts. This veil is taken away by the doctrines of the Bible about Christ. When any person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away. The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is happy, for the heart is set at liberty to run the ways of God's commandments. They have light, and with open face they behold the glory of the Lord. Christians should prize and improve these privileges. We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of
the gospel, by the working of the Spirit, bringing us to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him. We behold Christ, as in the glass of his word; and as the reflection from a mirror causes the face to shine, the faces of Christians shine also.
Scripture:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.2 Corinthians 3:18 (King James Version)
PRAYER FOR ALL : Dear Precious Heavenly Father; You are our "Yahweh - Tisdkenu ( The Lord is our Righteousness how we come before You in our praises and thanksgiving before you whom will one day come before in establishing a new kingdom of justice and righteousness and ruler of all the earth. As we bow before you this day in an humble way for we rejoicing in your awesomeness and to great and marvelous for words for this is another day that you have made before us. We cover ourselves by your blood of whom you are as our Jesus Christ whom is our mighty, mighty powerful God. and we claim your divine authority and protection over our minds, body, souls as you wash us by your blood scubbing us through and through for by your heavenly light you have made us and are cleansing us each and everyone whom is in this place in being fruitful as we receive your purification and fellowship in being united in one accord which comes in those many blessings and that flow of your righteousness that has our purifications , boldness, peace, quietness, and above all one's everlasting assurance in our awesome joy in the holy spirit. in this place of holiness that we become spotless and set- apart in your sanctified as a holy people before you this day and forever more as each day passes before us on a continual basis as your blood is applied unto each of us today. Thank You Father in your holy divine covenant which is shed for many in our remission of our sins which comes in redemption only by your blood, forgivness of my sins for I believe in you and in that wonderful cross of calvery in our undeserved gift that you have given me as a believer in your richness that comes in grace and mercy in my life. In us needing your cleansing power in removing our conscience has been forgiven and removed from acting like an accuser is now put into service to strengthen us and sanctify us as your servants before You and the world as we are in the world in being consecrated before you, and through the veil that is your flesh that has been broken down in my life that has been brought down and died so in coming in that has now been cleansed in drawing closer unto you with a true heart in my full assurance of my faith, as I am now cleansed in my own heart as my iniquities is like a wind taking them all away before you precious Father God, in us having such a fantasical Holy boldness that moves us unto all other areas in full faith and assurances in great faith which totally leads us by your Holy Sirit and all inspirations in my christian life today.
In the name of Jesus we rebuke any and all demonic forces that try to
come up against us.
In the name of Jesus we rebuke and cancel any plot,thought, or desire where the enemy may be trying to defeat us because we know that the enemy does not have any power and the victory has
already been won. We Bind all forms of sickness and oppression, in that mighty, mighty Name of Jesus, we lift -up each and every single person whom has asked for prayer in this place. Rather it may be emotions, minds, body, sickness, diseases, finaces, poverty,mindconfusion, lack, income, selfishness, anxiety spirit of fear,jealousy, bondage, whoredom, lying spirit, perversion, slumber, and infirmities. I command you satan not to cross that bloodline of Jesus Christ because I bind and sever every cord at all forms of roots and comand them to dry up permenantly and go awayand crush it of any strong man, any prince and principality and every evil spirit that comes against me that is nothing but darkness of this world. I put Jesus Christ bloodline over my home,Isreal, areas of violence in our neighboorhoods,business,church,family members,children, pastors, missionaries,armed forces,goverment officals that don't know to come unto that salvation of God and to live accordingly unto Him in His scriptures,p.c. family,vehicles,schools,colleges,jails, prisions, any companies,people standing against God and between each one of you and I cut- off any communications, and totally confuse your entire camp, render you inactive, and totally cast you out , in Jesus Christ'Name. For we know our Most High Lamb of God sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven. And he's far above any ruler, person in authority or power, leader in this world, or world to come because all things have been put under the feet of Jesus Christ, because our Father God had given him those rights as it is His only begotton Son. And the benefit of the church, and the member of the united body they are His body of saints whom are filled in Him in that wonderful everlasting precence which is filled in glory, divine love for all eternity which is to come unto them in the very near future. Foe our precious, precious Father has broken down hostilty that comes between us and has given us peace and have been reconciled by any means of death and seperation in what Jesus Christ has done for us whom are His electd one. We delcare peace, promises, blessings and God special favor, power in each ones privielge in serving Jesus Christ our Lamb of God in spreading His Good New's unto this world. Even though we didn't seserve any of it it's available unto us by Him in His grace and mercy in all provisions that only He provides us with and by His holy angles whom serves the Almighty God in the heavenly realm so we move fearlessly into God's Holy Presence and are assured and not being in any dispear of what we see and hear because it's been spken us by our God in whom we trust and adore in our heart, mind, body, soul in one's suffering we feel hnored and encouraged in reaching our home in glory when He comes for us in that final hour that we know is our home eternally and forever. Amen and Amen. catcmo2006
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