spiritual growth!

hey y`all! today was a good day! b/c its wednesday and i got to go to church and learn about Jesus calming storms! though i kindah wondered where some people were! it was nice to see thomas brought his sister, shes really nice! anyway, i did my devotion last night about spiritual growth because i've grown in God a lot lately. 2 Timothy 2:22 says, "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart" which is telling us that if we want to grow with God we need to let go of lusts and follow righteousness, faith, love, and peace. It also says we need to surround ourselves with people that also have grown or are growing in God, which goes back to the fellowship thing i wrote about yesterday. Hebrews 6:1 also says, "Therefore leaving the priniciples of the doctrine of Christ let us go on unto perfectionl not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God" which is telling us that we need to continute to grow in Christ and to learn new things not just keep repenting for the same things that became dead when we accepted Christ anyway. We need to work toward being more Christlike. Also, Ephesians 3:19 says, "And to know the love of Christ which passeth knoweldge, that ye might be filled with the fullness of God" which means if we know about Christ and know how much he loves us we will grow and be "filled with the fullness of God" spritual growth is a wonderful thing and its def. happening to me as i speak, its amazing to see myself becomming closer & closer to God and i love to watch others grow to see what God is doing in there lives!
i love y`all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade