#9 Growing Spiritually in Christ

A blessed day to everyone (".)

My sharing for today is all about "spiritual growth."

As Believers/ Christians, how can we have spiritual growth and then spiritual maturity?

I want to give emphasis on this because I have been "stagnant" for quite sometime and I never knew that it is easy to grow in Christ, there are only two (2) disciplines:

(1) Immerse ourselves in the "Word of God"; and

(2) Pray

Simple and yet profound.......

Psalm 1:2

but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, 

and who meditates on his law day and night.

Joshua 1:8

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

John 17:17

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes that I may see 

wonderful things in your law.

Mark 13:31

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

To immerse ourselves in the "Word of God".....this has been my former deficiency. I have not truly embraced the true value of reading the Bible before, and it is only at present that I am able to discern how significant it is to be part of my daily life. Thank you to our Loving Lord's patience and prompting, He let me realize that I need to make it one of my primary commitments....Yes, our Loving Lord is telling us commit ourselves to Him and to do so, to know His thoughts, His purpose for our lives, His blessings & gifts to us, and His revelations, we need to be engross fully on His words....contemplating and meditating on it day and night, not occassionally but habitually, not selective reading but reflective.....pondering everything about it and truly, He will reveal Himself like a beautiful flower unraveling itself to us and we will be in awe. When we start a daily Bible-reading habit, it will be part of us, just like eating and drinking. 

1 John 5:14-15

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Ephesians 6:18

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

James 4:3

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

Mark 11:24-25

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

John 14:13-14

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

The communication process is always two-way. And it is just the same with our relationship with our Loving Lord. He talk to us through His Words- The Bible, we talk back to Him through prayers.

Praying, how important it is?......It is how we outpour ourselves to our Almighty Father, it is how we requests for all the things we need-- blessings, protection, healing, financial prosperity.....It is also how we ask forgiveness and be forgiven by Him.....but most of all, it is how we honor Him, we give back glory to Him and praise Him for what He is and for everything He gave us. Through prayers, our overflowing gratefulness is shared to Him through our heartfelt words. 

Pray! It is uplifting.

So it is not really hard to grow spiritually in Christ, we just need to remember: to read The Bible and pray.........and then our Loving Lord will help us grow in maturity and He will let us be fruitful.

May God's outpouring blessings be in all of us always (".)