Almost 1 1/2 years ago I had the incredible opportunity to go on a missions trip to North Africa to share the Gospel in an Islamic country through the game of basketball. On the way up there, our trip leader Trent Gamble gave us 5 questions to pray and consider about our spiritual walk. I was just looking through some of my journal entries and came across them along with my answers and noticed that through praying about these and realizing some of my shortcomings, God has since done a work in my life and my answers are different now.
Why do I bring that up? Not to say that I'm this unholy, ungodly person who needs so much work (even though I do), BUT to say that we never really stop growing in our faith and that we always have something else to work on. My hope and prayer for my own life, along with any other believer, is that I can truly say "Today I am closer to God than I was yesterday!" And I don't want to say this in an ashamed way, but in a way that I know day by day I am growing in Him.
So here are those 5 questions that I was asked. I would challenge you to look at these every few months, weeks, or even days, and see where you can grow in your walk with our Lord.
1.Where do I need to grow in my Spiritual character? Galatians 5:22, 1 Thessalonians 1:5
2. What Spiritual discipline do I want to develop more?
3. What has the Lord been speaking to me in the Word?
4. What area in my life do I need to focus more on?
5. What is the biggest hindrance to my growth or to the witness of God's power?
- Sean Fryer
Why do I bring that up? Not to say that I'm this unholy, ungodly person who needs so much work (even though I do), BUT to say that we never really stop growing in our faith and that we always have something else to work on. My hope and prayer for my own life, along with any other believer, is that I can truly say "Today I am closer to God than I was yesterday!" And I don't want to say this in an ashamed way, but in a way that I know day by day I am growing in Him.
So here are those 5 questions that I was asked. I would challenge you to look at these every few months, weeks, or even days, and see where you can grow in your walk with our Lord.
1.Where do I need to grow in my Spiritual character? Galatians 5:22, 1 Thessalonians 1:5
2. What Spiritual discipline do I want to develop more?
3. What has the Lord been speaking to me in the Word?
4. What area in my life do I need to focus more on?
5. What is the biggest hindrance to my growth or to the witness of God's power?
- Sean Fryer
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