Where Faith Becomes Encounter
These spiritual growth articles help you learn how to live out your faith every day!
-Learn strategies to hear God’s voice more clearly
-Learn how to practice God’s presence more frequently
-Discover your unique identity in Christ more deeply
-Be inspired to pursue your specific purpose & destiny more passionately
-Learn how to be led more specifically by the Holy Spirit
-Come to know God more intimately
-Learn the spiritual growth process of “how” to truly be transformed into Christ’s image
These inspirational resources help you grow spiritually!
The Most Popular Posts in This Series:
What is God’s Purpose For My Life?
What Does God’s Voice Sound Like?
How Can I Feel God’s Presence? More Frequently?
If you feel distant, tired, and weak, this article will help stir your spiritual passion for Christ. Learn how to keep your spiritual fire alive! 7 Minute Read My husband retired in September, and we took our fifth wheel from Washington state to Florida to be near my mom and dad for the winter. Mom […]
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Be inspired to live the life of blind faith in God’s path even if you feel unsure, out of place, or discontent! We swerved around a fallen pine tree as we explored the narrow creek. We were hesitant about hitting bottom, or worse, getting stuck. The depth finder registered 10 feet. We were beginning to
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[God has an amazing assignment for each of us here and now, and we may need to refocus our spiritual life so that we can carry it full term.] One morning, while visiting my daughter, I was startled awake from a dream. I saw this sentence unfolding word by word visually and audibly. The words
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If life is hard right now or you feel unsatisfied in your purpose, don’t stop now! God has a life of abundant promises for you, keep going! Don’t Stop Short of Your Promised Land! Keep Going! As the Children of Israel were getting close to the land God promised them, the tribes of Reuben and
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Why live with regret of dreams that slipped away? Focus on the most important things, and don’t let your life be a fish story. “Set the hook!” “Set the hook!” “Wait, now wait, wait a minute. Maybe he will bite again.” I had jerked the pole up at the nibble I felt on my fishing
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Improve your spiritual life by choosing a focus verse to guide your goals and help you achieve your divine purpose. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Renaissance artist Research scientists over the years have proven that goals are valuable
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[If you haven’t made mistakes, you haven’t been growing with God. Learn to overcome mistakes & renew your passion to grow into Christian maturity!] Philosopher Alain de Bottonsays, “Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough.” I would modify the quote to say, “Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who
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Sometimes good Christian people feel like they are not being fed. Sometimes leaders feel worn out and drained. This article looks at the process of weaning for spiritual growth.
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[Sometimes even good Christian people have trouble “letting go” of being mad. Learn how to handle being mad or angry with practical strategies.] “I’ll Be Mad for You” She would stomp her little foot and declare, “I’ll be mad for you.” This is what I noticed My niece’s three-year-old would say when she saw something
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This kind of near-death experience challenges us to see the power of prayer and ask ourselves, “Did I learn to love?” Today, I got called to pray for a friend in a serious accident, and I remembered the powerful testimony of Bob Jones’s near-death experience. This was a number of years ago but continues to be
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