spiritual growth food

How To Feed Each Other With Jesus’ Food

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“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Eph. 4:15-16 ” NIV It is an amazing truth that we are actually part of the body of Jesus Christ, the Saviour. He is the head, the one who is in charge, and we are all parts of him, people who he is coordinating all around the world as one whole. But the main point today is that it is from Jesus that our spiritual growth comes. Our connection to Christ is the channel of our spiritual growth. And, dare we say, if our connection is weak our spiritual growth will be weak. And Jesus is causing us to Continue Reading →

Weekly words of encouragement

The Holy Spirit Guarantees God’s Gifts – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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“When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance” Eph 1:13-14 (NIV) The Holy Spirit is a mark, a seal, a deposit, and a guarantee! Christians experience the Holy Spirit in different ways. Some feel Him strongly, others feel Him in a subtle way. Regardless of how we experience Him, the Spirit is a living presence deep inside us who encourages us in following Jesus. And the point of this passage is that His presence is a guarantee of our present gifts and of our future eternity in a new perfect creation. If the Holy Spirit is real then everything else is certain. He is the “proof” of the truth of Jesus. Since we have the Spirit we know we have all things. May you receive and embrace these words of encouragement!  Simple application: put your name in Continue Reading →

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Living In Eternity Every Day

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We naturally think more about the present moment than our eternal future. But if we are not ready for eternity now, then how will we be ready tomorrow? Now is the time to live with an eternal perspective. This is essential to our discipleship training. Even if we live a long life what good is it if we have not devoted ourselves to being conformed to the image of Christ? Consider how many Christians have believed for many years but show little spiritual growth. Do we want to enter heaven that way? How great that tragedy would be. “if we keep our eternal hope constantly before us then our actions will quickly harmonize with the Spirit” Death is not our enemy, but a wasted life is. True discipleship leads us to meditate on the end of our earthly life so that we can live an earthly life that we will Continue Reading →

Weekly words of encouragement

Everyone Matters: Weekly Words of Encouragement

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“Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.” Rom 12:4-5  (NLT) Everyone gets to play.  God loves us enough to make everyone important. He does this by giving everyone specific gifts and functions in the body of Christ. This encourages us because we know that regardless of whatever limitations we think we have we are still valuable in the church. But this is also a powerful tool for encouraging others. We see people come into our congregation who are new to Jesus and all beaten up by the world and they are wondering if they even fit in. They feel completely inferior to whoever is speaking up front. But when we Continue Reading →

spiritual profits

Spiritual Investments Produce Astonishing Profit

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It is the end of the day and you are tired. You rest for a few minutes. Your mind wanders and you realize you are thinking mostly about food and buying a new car. You haven’t really thought about your connection to God. It would be good to get alone and pray for five minutes but that means making a little sacrifice. Do you go to pray…? The riches of the world are nothing compared to riches of heaven. If we have a moderate share of worldly things then we have enough wealth. Any more than that produces materialism and anxiety. As we develop a heavenly mindset we see how twisted people become as they fall in love with the riches of the world. Even all the necessities of life – eating, drinking, working, finding shelter – are a burden compared to the joy and lightness of our future to Continue Reading →