EPISODE 226 – ARE YOU GROWING? 1
Apostle BennieCHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY
The Love-Life Agency
Wednesday 6th, September, 2023
ARE YOU GROWING? 1
“Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.Â
Ephesians 4:15 (GNT)
Your growth determines your manifestation.
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You are able to handle situations and impact your world according to your inward growth.
Your growth in your understanding of Christ and consciousness of who you are in Him is your growth in the Spirit.
It is your growth into Christ (in all things, mainly His love) by which you become the complete expression of Him in this world.Â
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You cannot express Christ beyond your level of maturity of growth in the spirit.
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The highest proof of your growth or maturity in the Spirit is how you walk in Love.
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Your love towards God and towards others reveal how you are deeply rooted in Christ. The more your roots grow deep into the love of Christ, the more you mature or grow in the Spirit.
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You can be born again for 10 years and not be matured.
Growing in the Spirit is not automatic, it is intentional.
Organisms don’t just grow healthy. It takes the right nutrients and the supply of other needful elements.
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Your mind and heart must be cultivated in the love of God.
One who is growing in the spirit has his/her affection set on the Lord and not on his/her own interests. The love of God dominates your heart and influences your action.
Are you growing in the Spirit?
How consistent do you fellowship with the Spirit and the Word?
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Or you must be convinced to have a consistent fellowship with the Spirit and the Word?
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How excited are you in your heart concerning the things of God?
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How do you love the brethren?
Are you bitter, envious, angry and holding on to an offense?
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When you are deeply rooted in the love of God, Â bitterness, envy and offenses cannot have any place in your heart (because they are fruits or expressions of the self).
The more you grow or mature in the Lord, the more the self is subdued by the love of Christ.
ARE YOU GROWING IN THE SPIRIT?
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Selah
DIG DEEPER
(2 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 1:8; Hebrews 5:12-13; 1 Peter 2:2; Proverbs 4:18; Galatians 4:1)
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WE PRAY
– That we will increase in the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
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– That we will walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God, and demonstrating the love of Christ.
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BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2023
Day 212:
Psalm 119:91-150
Luke 22-24
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DECLARE THESE WORDS:
–Â My heart and mind is cultivated in the love of God daily as I feast on the word.
– I set my affection on the Lord.Â
– The love of God dominates my heart and influences my actions.
– I am directed and instructed daily by the word of God.
– Envy, bitterness and offenses have no place in my heart because I am deeply rooted in the love of Christ.
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Oh Hallelujah!!! Gloreeeey
The love of God dominates my heart and influences my actions.
In the name of Jesus
Oh thank you Lord
My heart and my mind are cultivated in the Love of God
The Love of God dominates my heart and influences my actions
I walk in love. My affection is set on the Lord. I increase in the knowledge of the Lord’s will. Hallelujah
My mind and heart is cultivated in the love of God
I intentionally grow in the word
It takes an intentional steps to mature in the Spirit.
Spiritual growth is not automatic. No two ways about this.
Am conscious of who I am in Christ; am daily directed by the word of God in my heart..Praise God
Envy, bitterness and offense have no place in my heart because the love of Christ is DEEPLY ROOTED IN MY HEART. Gloreeeeeeeeey
This gives right perspective to our pursuits of growth. It’s an inward growth for outward manifestation. This is deep
Glory to God
I grow into Christ.
I grow in Love
Thank you Lord Jesus ,my heart and mind is cultivated in the love of God daily as I feast on the word
I am directed and instructed daily by the word of God
Hallelujah..!
Hmmm, this love of God. May we grow in this love in the name of Jesus.
I grow in Spirit
My affection is set on the Lord
My mind and heart is cultivated in the Love of God
I know my identity in Christ Jesus
I fellowship with the spirit and the WORD on daily basis
Thank You Lord