Steady Growth in Christ Jesus

 

So if you want to know how to be a real person and keep growing in the Lord, here is how.

Spend one hour a day in the following ways.  [Now this form is just a tool to get you to practice the lifestyle that this form represents.  Once you know the lifestyle you can keep up the holy habit, but not think that the habit is the blessing.  The way you live is your life.]

Spend 15 min. a day in prayer.  Talking to God not at Him.

Spend 15 min. a day talking to a friend.  Not being sucked dry by someone, but listening, talking, laughing, sharing advice and wisdom.

Spend 15 min. a day reading the Bible.  Read not to get knowledge, but to have a relationship with God, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Spend 15 min. a day being at rest in the Lord.  Don’t try to pray or solve problems, don’t try to be holy or improve yourself.  Just wait on the Lord, listen for His voice, be content, lean into His presence and enjoy 15 min. of His peace and presence.

So now make a list of all the reasons you don’t have time to do that, or just don’t want to.  List all the things you do for yourself that require your energy, even though they are not helping you at all.  List all the things you do for others, even though God and the other person are not asking you to do that.  Don’t forget to include all the things you do to make others happy, even if they never see what you do and would love you the same even if you never did them.

OOOOps.  I almost forgot to ask you to write down all the things you do so that you can earn the love of God and others.  Don’t forget that.