Importance Of Spiritual Growth
As a Christian, you must strive to grow spiritually, by God's power alone(The Holy Spirit).Christianity minus spiritual growth equals to failure in life. Therefore when you don't pay attention to your spiritual growth you will not be able to attain God's plans and purposes and perfect will for your life. Spiritual growth is only made possible by the Holy Spirit and not by your strength, power or intellect.(1 Samuel 2:9, Zechariah 4:6).
If you desire to grow as a Christian know these things
1.Go to God in prayer which is the master key into God's will for your life.Without prayer, you will never be able to communicate with God.Take every opportunity to pray and commune with God. Charles Usher in his book, "The Prayer Life" states in page 2 the following precepts."The old nature is one of the greatest hindrances to prayer; and until it is brought to the place of death, it will continue to exercise a deadening influence.Prayer is the pulse of the Christian life. You can tell the state of your spiritual health by your prayer life-not by your knowledge of divine things, not even by the amount of Christian work you do; for while you may be very busily engaged in work, you may be very sick spiritually. Prayer is to the spiritual man what breathing is to the natural man.The spiritual man can no more exist without prayer than the natural man without breathing.It is through prayer that he takes in and gives out the life of God."
2.Read study and meditate on the Bible daily, and consistently. The Word of God is your spiritual food as a Christian without which you will be spiritually impoverished and subsequently lose your covenant birthright in God.(1 Peter 2:2)
3.Obey God at every given moment.He will talk to you through his Word and many other ways that you will learn about in your walk with Him.(Isaiah 1:19)
4.Witness for Christ in your Christian walk.(Matthew 4:19)Speak to others about the love of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, who alone has the power to convict people of sin.Your life, your speech, actions, and behavior must also witness to people about Christ.
5.Trust God for every detail of your life.Cast all your cares upon Him because He loves you and cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7).Look for the best of God and let God be God and let things work out through Him.
6."Holy Spirit Influence" should be allowed to influence your life and not the lusts of your flesh and the pride of life.When you walk in the power of the Holy Spirit at all times you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.(Galatians 5:17-24)Walking with the Holy Spirit is not stupidity, but it is the divine wisdom that will always end up in paths of blessings and honor for you. On the contrary walking in the flesh will always be contrary to God. Dear friend, let the Holy Spirit back you up and be your guide, always.
