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Spiritual Growth Is Not a Private Matter
by Rick Warren
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but
encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing
near. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT)
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Some of us hesitate to commit ourselves to developing an intentional plan of
growth that requires accountability or relationship with others because we
believe spiritual growth is a personal and private matter. We choose to
believe each person develops in his or her own way at his or her own rate.
This is an aberration from the truth.The idolatry of individualism has
influenced even the way we think about spiritual growth.So much of the
teaching on spiritual formation is self-centered and self-focused without
any reference to our relationship to other Christians.
This is completely unbiblical and ignores much of the New Testament. The
truth is that Christians need relationships to grow. We don't grow in
isolation from others. We develop in the context of fellowship.
Over and over again in the New Testament we find this basic truth: Believers
need relationships with each other to grow! Hebrews 10:24-25 says, "Let us
consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us
not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another …" (NIV).
God intends for us to grow up in a family.
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*On this note i would like to encourage each and everyone of us to always be
in fellowship w one another , if you can call or txt or visit any member of
the tribe please dont hesitate to do so , its not only upto to the
communication officer to communicate with the whole tribe but if we all
communicate with one another and know about each other , we will definetly
have multiplication of spiritual growth within the tribe and more
importantly ourselves .*
*Stay blessed *
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'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.'
- Jim Rohn
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