3 Essentials for Christian Living Spiritual Growth Part One-CEP-0004

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Welcome back. I hope you had a great week and time to think about last week’s topic, being born into the family of God. 

Maybe you had a chance to share what you heard with someone else. I’d love to hear about it. Send me an email through the website: ChristianEssentialsPodcast.com 

This week’s episode is about Essential Number Two – Christian Growth.   

Again, Just a quick reminder about the 3 Essentials that we are talking about in case you missed the first 2 episodes in the series: 

1) Birth – We must have a spiritual beginning, being born again as the Scripture describes it 

2) Growth – Once we have begun, we need to grow in our faith and understanding of God’s Word 

3) Reproduction – The Scripture gives us the task of sharing what we know with others, helping them to come into relationship with God and helping them to grow in their faith as well 

Today We’re going to take a closer look at the Second of the 3 Essentials – Growth. 

How can we grow in our relationship with God? Has God provided ways and tools to help us? 

Do we ever come to a point when we are done growing? Do we have to wait until we have grown a certain amount before we can minister to others? How do we know if we are growing?  

We’ll cover all of these points as we go along and as usual, there is a worksheet that you can download from our website to help you dig a little deeper if you’d like to. 

Special Note:

The topic of Spiritual Growth will be split up into multiple podcast episodes. There is a lot of information to cover and I want to take time to lay the proper foundation for each point, so subscribe to the podcast with the links in the right hand column and tune in each week.

Christian Essential #2 Spiritual Growth

In the next few episodes we’re going to take a closer look at the Second of the 3 Essentials – Growth. 

What does it mean to “grow spiritually”? Has God given us any direction? Why is it important and necessary for each one of us? How do I know if I am growing?

We’ll cover all of these points as we go along. Here’s the link to download a copy of the worksheet that goes along with this episode as well. 

3 Essentials for Christian Living Worksheet – Episode Four

So, let’s get started. 

This Week’s Objective

Identify how you are growing in your Spiritual Journey with the Lord

Scripture Focus

1 Thessalonians 5:16-19

Consider These Questions – Personal Assessment

Have you begun to pray and study the Bible? If not, why not?

Are you involved in a good, local, Bible believing church?

Have you set aside some personal time, daily, to spend time with God in prayer and Bible study? If not, why not do it right now? If you have, great! How are you keeping that appointment with God?

(Share your tips with us. We’d love to share new ideas for organizing prayer and study times with our listeners.)

Have you been able to discern whether God is answering your prayers with Yes, No, or Wait?

Share Your Faith

A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Gospel Anyone Can Understand”. It’s a great resources to help anyone get a good understanding of what Christianity is all about.

Download a copy. Read it. Share it with others.

Download a copy of the Article – The Gospel Anyone Can Understand

Next Week’s Episode

In Next Week’s Episode we’ll continue discussing the Spiritual Growth process. I’ll share some insights and tools that I have used over the years to make by Prayer Time and Bible Study time a little more organized and Productive. 

We’ll also talk about how you can help others in the growth process as well. You don’t have to have all of the answers to the questions (none of us do) in order for God to use you in ministry to others. 

We’ll be focusing on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19

What does it mean to “pray without ceasing”? How can we accomplish it?

How do we know if we are hearing from God?

As always, I’d love to hear from you. You can send me an email through the website. 

Until next time – Look for opportunities to share your faith with others and Have a blessed week!

Teddy Levron