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<\/a>Take yesterday for example. I was asked to help with the d\u00e9cor for our Vacation Bible School. As I was placing gaff tape all over the floor of the church lobby, I thought how sore I would be this morning. On my knees. Up and down. Bending in places my body doesn\u2019t typically bend. It was inevitable. I would feel the strain this morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But in all reality, it isn\u2019t as bad as I thought it would be. Yes, I know I moved more yesterday than I had in a while, but it is good for me. I need to be pushed in order to gain flexibility and strength.<\/p>\n
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My spiritual life is the same. When I am pushed to give God just a little more, the outcome is amazing.<\/p>\n
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After finishing the Bible study \u201cFollow Me,\u201d by Randy Sprinkle, I was pushed just a bit more in my prayer experiences with God.<\/p>\n
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There was a guest speaker at church this past weekend and he encouraged us to spend just a little more time in God\u2019s Word each day. His suggestion was to read God\u2019s Word just 10% of the down time in your day. I was pushed to make an effort to do so.<\/p>\n
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You see, sometimes we get lazy in our spiritual life just as we do in our physical life. And if someone or something isn\u2019t there to tell us otherwise, we\u2019ll just keep going down the same path and eventually won\u2019t be doing anything to better ourselves spiritually.<\/p>\n
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And let me tell you, God doesn\u2019t put a retirement age on spiritual growth. He expects us to continue to grow until the day we are united with Him forever (Luke 2:25-35 \u2013 Simeon and Luke 2:36-28 \u2013 Anna).<\/p>\n
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So today, as the young children of our community come to our version of Vacation Bible School, they will be urged to grow spiritually. They are the future generation of LifeBridge Christian Church and we need to share the importance of spiritual development with them.<\/p>\n
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What are you doing to grow spiritually? What steps have you put into place to assure your discipline in these areas? How often do you pull out your Bible to read God\u2019s precious Words? Have you spent time with God this morning in prayer?<\/p>\n
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My summer will be filled with Bible study, writing this blog and writing a Bible study for the fall. I will be busy. I will be filled with joy. I will be growing. Being with God and growing in His ways are better than life.<\/p>\n
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David understood this and he wrote about it in Psalm 63. Take a look at what he has to say.<\/p>\n
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\u201cO God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBecause your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMy soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOn my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBecause you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n