"Exercise daily in God-no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is so far more so, making you fit both today and forever." 1 Timothy 4: 7-8, The Message.
One of the things that I had to do after my heart attack was a stress test. I did everything that the folks told me to do.....faster, slower, higher, etc. I swaggered into where Golden had been waiting and replied " I nailed that test." The cardiologist begged to differ with me..."You failed it bigtime." That's her exact words.
Is it possible that concerning our spiritual health(as well as our physical health) we can deceive ourselves?
Certainly!! Spiritual growth is essential for each of us......times of steady growth, times of very slow growth, times of very, very slow growth, but growth none the less. Simon Peter says: "You therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...."
So beloved, let's get growing........Blessings
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