| As Christians, how do we arrive at a time in our lives | | | | also grow stronger in the Lord. Just like when Adam |
| when we say, "Aha! Now I see!"? How do we have | | | | and Eve hid themselves when they realized that they |
| those breakthrough moments when we're certain that | | | | sinned, we tend to do the same thing. The entire time |
| we've experienced true spiritual growth? | | | | that we're trying to conceal our sin, we're avoiding |
| In this article, I have listed six things that we can start | | | | God, which will cause us to experience a setback |
| doing to immediately experience spiritual growth. Not | | | | spiritually. Conversely, if you do sin, take that sin to the |
| only that, but if we continue to do those things | | | | Lord, tell Him about it and do your darndest to never |
| consistently, then we're guaranteed to keep growing | | | | do it again. |
| spiritually. And when we grow spiritually, we'll naturally | | | | If we're walking in the Spirit we'll grow spiritually. But we |
| walk closer to the Lord. | | | | can't walk in the Spirit with just our minds, we have to |
| Spending one-on-one time with God is a big way we | | | | be in step with the Holy Spirit in our hearts, minds, and |
| can grow spiritually. As I've said before, if your life is | | | | spirits. When we're walking in the Spirit, we're |
| hectic, do what I do. Take your Bible with you into the | | | | automatically attuned to the Spirit of God. While we're |
| bathroom and either close the lid on the toilet or read it | | | | walking in the Spirit, we're listening to Him and doing |
| while your soaking in the bathtub. If your family values | | | | what He's leading us to do without question, without |
| privacy, only the most daring will disturb you in there. | | | | hesitation. As we're obeying Him, even though our |
| Other people awaken early in order to get their "face | | | | minds are telling us that what He wants us to do |
| time" with God. Still others stay awake in order to | | | | makes no sense, we're telling our minds, our intellect, to |
| have that precious time with the Lord. During your | | | | sit in the back seat and shut up. |
| alone times with God, as God is teaching you about | | | | 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us that all scripture comes from |
| Himself, you'll experience spiritual growth. | | | | the mouth of God. Not only must we believe in God, |
| By reading His Word, by increasing our knowledge of | | | | but we must believe everything He says and apply it |
| the Lord, and then applying it to our lives, we'll be like a | | | | to our everyday lives. God commanded Moses and |
| well tended plant that has grown to become luxuriant | | | | the other authors of the books within the Bible to write |
| and vibrant with health. If we take the time to get to | | | | those books so that we would have a way to learn |
| know the Lord personally, we'll pulsate with so much | | | | about God. Without it, all of us would be lost. Because |
| life that others can't help but notice that we've grown | | | | all of God's Word is the truth, if we're doing our best to |
| spiritually. If you pray and ask the Lord to open your | | | | measure up to what God expects of us, we can't help |
| eyes and heart to the truth before you begin to study | | | | but grow spiritually. |
| the Bible, the Holy Spirit will teach you things about God | | | | On the other hand, if we're not applying God's Word to |
| that you never realized. One of my favorite verses | | | | our lives every day, and we're not willing to believe that |
| regarding this is in Job 32:8 where it says: "But it is the | | | | the entire Bible is the true Word of God, then our |
| spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives | | | | growth will be stymied and we'll become like the slime |
| him understanding." No matter how young or old you | | | | on the surface of a stagnant pool or water. Yuck! |
| happen to be, God is always willing to take the time to | | | | And lastly, through experience, as we learn that we |
| teach you about Himself. All you have to do is seek | | | | really can put all of our faith and trust in God, and that |
| His face. | | | | not only do God's promises pertain to the men and |
| Doing our best not to sin, by turning away from | | | | women of the Biblical times, but it also applies to us |
| temptation, by slamming the door shut on Satan, not | | | | who are living in the here and now, we'll grow spiritually. |
| only will we experience true spiritual growth, but we'll | | | | |