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Friends with God -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 4/24/2022

The first step to good friends and good influencers in your life is to stop walking with people heading the wrong way.
King Solomon pleaded wrote to his son and said, “My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them” (Prov. 1:10).
You need to let people of God influence you on to bigger and better things. People who will inspire you to grow spiritually. People who have a good understanding of what true love is, so you can see it in their life and learn from them for your own life.

Choose the Eclipse -EASTER 2022- 4/17/2022

Every day the people all over this planet hope and pray that the darkness of this life will not overcome them. 
Praying that the light of life will continue to shine on us. That all will not be lost. 
On April 3, AD 33, from Noon to 3pm there was a solar eclipse. 
The Sun was eventually completely blocked by the Moon. It wasn’t time for the Sun to go down yet. It was only 3 in the afternoon.
When God set into motion this giant watch we call our solar system, He intentionally set a time, a specific day, that the Earth would go dark while Jesus would be hanging on the cross—and at around 3pm Jesus would die.
Jesus chose when He would die. 
This is what Easter is about. Jesus came and showed us that losing everything in this life is the beginning of real life! 

Understanding that Timing is Crucial -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 4/10/2022

In your spiritual life, as you grow to maturity in Christ, you will also come to find that God has perfect timing in everything He does. 
It may seem like He made a mistake. It may look like if He had done something different then things would have been better. Or it may seem like there is a conflict in the cosmos. 
But you are dealing with the God who created the biggest watch ever, that keeps perfect timing—our solar system!

Add More Knowledge -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 4/3/2022

There are certain things in the Bible that God is clear on, and those are the things we take a hard stand on. 
First and foremost, we must love people and be willing to lay down our lives for them. But second, we must obey Him. 
To have a healthy life, a healthy family and church family, we must obey Him.

Bearing Fruit -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 3/27/2022

What kind of fruit is coming from you? Are good things happening because you exist? Or are people stressed because of how you live your life? 
God made you to bear fruit. Good fruit. Good things can come from you. 
Imagine an apple tree never bearing apples. Or if you bought a new phone and none of the apps worked. It just existed. 
God gave you the opportunity to be more than just existing. He gives you he opportunity to be more than just a survivor.

Add Love -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 3/20/2022

People try to put love as the foundation of their life.  And we get sorely disappointed every time.
In fact, when you put love as the foundation to build your life on, it isn’t love at all. It has the APPEARANCE OF LOVE, but it isn’t.
It takes work to get to true love. Love isn’t the foundation, it’s the destination.

Brotherly Love -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 3/13/2022

The motivation to work together in this world is money and survival. People work together for money. 
Buildings are built, roads are paved, technology is increased because of money. 
But the church is different. The people of the church aren’t here to get money or find a way to scrape by. 
God’s people are here to give, love, care for, share with, work together to grow and build God’s Kingdom, His church.

Add Godliness -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 3/6/2022

What is Godliness? Isn’t GOODNESS, being good, doing good things, GODLINESS?
Godliness is making the transition in your spiritual life from it being about you to it being about others.
Godliness is doing life God’s way, in God’s Spirit, in God’s Truth.

Add Perseverance -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 2/27/2022

Perseverance is one of the most necessary qualities and child of God must acquire. 
Perseverance is that digging in part of life. 
That reaching down deep into yourself and finding that part of you that says, 
“This is really what I want. I want a genuine, authentic, relationship with God and no one is going to stop me."

Add Self-Control -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 2/20/2022

Most people, people that are Christians, and even non-Christians will say that the ideal spiritual life would be one that God is in control of. 
But that isn’t what God teaches us in the Bible. God wants us to have self-control.