Month: July 2026

maturity

Do You Passionately Pursue Maturity?

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Jesus and his Apostles clearly taught us that we should pursue maturity. But why? In this post, we want to focus mostly on the motivation of becoming what God made us to be. If your teenage child stopped growing intellectually and emotionally, would you not consider this a cause for great concern and make an exhaustive search for an answer to the problem? Wouldn’t you realize that unless your child resumes their development, they will not become what they should become? Wouldn’t you make every effort to help them pursue maturity and reach adulthood, along with its benefits? Likewise, if we allow ourselves to become complacent about our growth just because we have reached “teenage” maturity, then are we not choosing to fall far short of what we are meant to be? Are we not making our Father sad? Are we not sabotaging Christ’s efforts to join with us and Continue Reading →

weekly words of encouragement

We See God’s Light – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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In your light we see light (Psalms 36:9, NIV). One of the great privileges of being a child of God is that he opens up our eyes to more and more truth and wisdom. God is the source of light. Through him we see God’s light – spiritual light as well as physical light. Our old self, who still lingers inside us, cannot see invisible reality. It cannot see what forces are at work in the world, what God is doing, why he does what he does, and what his goals are. Our old self can not see the glory and satisfaction of following Jesus, including the sacrifices we make. But as a child of God we escape the darkness in the world and in our old self; we see God’s light and live in it. We actually get to see what countless philosophers and psychologists and activists and most Continue Reading →