13-07-2004, 02:36 PM
Hi Rita
From a VERY COLD Durban....there is snow on the berg!
Your posting makes for interesting reading.....our pastor said one Sunday, we are where we are in life today as a result of the yes's and no's we have made.
To pick up your cross daily is the hardest thing, because just like Christ on the way to the hill, the cross get's heavy and we sink to our knee's and say we cannot go on, but at this point God very often brings along side other's to help you lift up your cross once more.
The challenge is always what is the right decision....and that is where The Holy Spirit gives the dicernment, prompting and that 'peace' that comes from making the right decision...then growth follows.
We are a work in progress, and it takes time to sculpture a work of art...
From a VERY COLD Durban....there is snow on the berg!
Your posting makes for interesting reading.....our pastor said one Sunday, we are where we are in life today as a result of the yes's and no's we have made.
To pick up your cross daily is the hardest thing, because just like Christ on the way to the hill, the cross get's heavy and we sink to our knee's and say we cannot go on, but at this point God very often brings along side other's to help you lift up your cross once more.
The challenge is always what is the right decision....and that is where The Holy Spirit gives the dicernment, prompting and that 'peace' that comes from making the right decision...then growth follows.
We are a work in progress, and it takes time to sculpture a work of art...
Quote:Originally posted by Pronkertjie
Another chapter talks about how we grow...
"God wants u to grow up... like Christ in everything." Eph. 4:15a
"We are not meant to remain as children." Eph. 4:14a
God wants you to grow up.
"Your heavenly Father's goal is for you to mature and develop the characteristics of Jesus Christ. Sadly, millions of Christians grow older but never grow up . They are stuck in perpetual spiritual infancy, remaining in diapers and booties. The reason is that they never intended to grow.
Spiritual growth is not automatic. It takes an intentional commitment. You must want to grow, decide to grow, man an effort to grow, and persist in growing. Discipleship - the process of becoming like Christ - always begins with a decision. Jesus calls us, and we respond: "Come, be my disciple,' Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make. Your commitments can develop you or they can destroy you, but either way, they will define you. Tell me what you are committed to, and I'll tell you what you will be in twenty years. We become whatever we are committed to."