2 Peter3verse18: ‘But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.’

I am super excited about the prospects and potential of this series of teachings on growing spiritually! I believe that your spiritual life will never be the same again and I also see you making progress spiritually too. I have been sharing with you why you need to take your spiritual growth seriously because a lot of other things are connected to it. Today by his grace, I will proceed further by sharing some other reasons why your spiritual growth is important! So here we go!

THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWING SPIRITUALLY:

5. So as to develop your spiritual capacity and stamina. 2Tim2v1; Col1v11. We all have spiritual capacity but it’s certainly not on the same level nor is it fully developed. This is the reason why you need to grow spiritually. Your growing spiritually will help you in developing your capacity spiritually as a believer. By the way, your spiritual capacity is very important because it will determine among several other things the following:

-What you can handle.

-What you can face or confront.

-Whether you will prevail in the battles of life or not. Pro24v10.

So I hope you can also see why you need to grow spiritually. May today usher you into the beginning of such an encounter in Jesus’ name amen. Eccl7v19; 1Jn2v14.

6. So as to become more like Jesus in everything. This is the whole essence of growing spiritually. To become like Jesus Christ. And this becoming process should cover every area of your life such as your conduct, disposition, character, behaviour, and way of life. Eph4v15. So my dear friends, to what extent are you becoming more like Jesus? We are to resemble Christ more and more as we grow in our walk with God. This is why you need to grow spiritually because without growth this can’t be made possible. Matt4v19; Acts4v13. So my admonition to you today is to rise up to this challenge of growing spiritually. May his grace be more than enough for you in Jesus’ name amen.

Other Scriptural References: Eph5v1-2; Jam1v18; Rom8v29; Gal5v22-23; Pro21v22; 1Jn2v14; Luk2v40.

Prayer for Today: Holy Spirit, help me become more like Jesus every day in Jesus’ amen.

CONFESSION: I choose to take my spiritual growth seriously. This is my vow and commitment to God and myself. And I will not allow myself to miss out on the work of transformation and renewal that God wants to do in my life. I receive God’s help and grace to do this with all of my heart in Jesus’ name amen.