Today is Wednesday, April 4th, 2007; Karen's Korner #1033
Are we becoming "more mature" as Christians? Oh, I know, we tend to compare ourselves to "super-Susie Christian" down the street or "Bible-beater Bob" in the front row at church!
But how do we compare to ourselves and how we used to be. Here is a listing of "Maturity Choices* we can be making or begin to make:
Teaching others versus just being taught;
Developing a depth of understanding versus stuggling with the basics;
Self-evaluation versus self-criticism
Seeking unity versus disunity;
Desiring spiritual challenges versus desiring entertainment;
Careful study and observation versus opinion and half-hearted efforts;
Active faith versus cautious apathy and doubt;
Confidence versus fear;
Feelings and experiences evaluated in the light of God's word
versus
experiences evaluated according to our feelings.
* Taken from the Life Application Bible information, provided near Hebrews chapter 5.
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