10 Ways To Measure Your Spiritual Growth

[Ready2BFree]

* A hunger to know God & His truth on an intimate level

* An increasing awareness of sin

* Sincere repentance & the desire to become more Christ-like

* View spiritual battles - trials, temptation & failures as avenues of growth

instead of obstacles

* A desire to be used by God in the lives of others

* A desire for godly obedience & commitment regardless of the personal cost

* An increasing faith

* A hunger for private devotion & prayer

* A desire to please God by making decisions based on His will & not on

personal wants

* A vibrant love for God & an awareness of His presence indicate spiritual growth

[Rania]

What a great check list. Point # 2 and 3 are my specific targets right now.

Awesome post.

[apothanein kerdos]

What about sense of community?

Reaching vocation?

Ability to help with family?

Fulfilling the Cultural Mandate?

Dualism strikes again.

Spiritual growth is dependant upon your growth as a human being. If you're a great spiritual person but a bad worker, bad father, or a mediocre human....then there is no growth period.

[ayin jade]

Well now, this is depressing. I feel like quite a failure.

[WISDOM]

Very good post "Ready"

Outstanding points "A Kerdos". Balance in the Christian life is extremely important.

[apothanein kerdos]

Well now, this is depressing. I feel like quite a failure.

Why? They aren't accurate

Read "True Spirituality" by Francis Schaeffer and you'll understand.

[traveller]

Well now, this is depressing. I feel like quite a failure.

Sis, you have no reason to feel like a failure. You are such a warm example of Christian compassion and love. I know the hours you devote to reaching out to the hurting kids and the lost souls. I know the sleep you lose because you're on your knees praying for them. I certainly don't see a failure in you Jade. I see a victorious servant.

[apothanein kerdos]

Spiritual growth is dependant upon your growth as a human being. If you're a great spiritual person but a bad worker, bad father, or a mediocre human....then there is no growth period.

That makes no sense. I am sorry to say it like that but it really does not. There is no good in man. This is why the Cross was so necessary, any good that man thought he was, was put on the cross. In Christ there is only Him. So how can I be a bad father but living a spiritual Life. That would negate the power of Christ Life. I will say that there are things that we do hold on to, but when we see that Christ is our Life and allow Him to be such then you dont measure you growth, you measure His growth in you. How much are room are we allowing Christ to have? This is all God cares about. How much of His Son He sees

There are parents that drag their children to church on Wednesday and deprive them of a baseball game. There are parents that will spend so much time "fellowshiping" that they often take their children out of social activities so they [the parents] have time to continue in fellowshipping. There are parents that will give up a Monday or Tuesday night to go on visitation, even if this means missing their child's performance in a school recital. There are parents that will get upset (not violent, just frustrated) if their children interupt their quiet time to tell them [the parents] about their [the child's] day.

Sometimes, in our pursuit of spiritual excellence, we become poor humans.

There is good in humans though, not absolute good, but good none the less. We need Christ, but at the same time, God still gives enough grace to mankind for us to perform good deeds...if He didn't, we wouldn't exist.

[mrs]

Spiritual growth is dependant upon your growth as a human being. If you're a great spiritual person but a bad worker, bad father, or a mediocre human....then there is no growth period.

I also agree that makes no sense.You can't be 'a great spiritual person' and a bad worker,father, or what have you. The closer one is to God the more Christlike they will become - which is one of the main points of the OP - and they will therefore not display the traits you mention.

[mike2]

What about sense of community?

Spiritual growth is dependant upon your growth as a human being. If you're a great spiritual person but a bad worker, bad father, or a mediocre human....then there is no growth period.

A. Kerdos,

Would you mind giving more of your thoughts on this

mike2