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Today was a day filled with many sweet nuggets on "Growth" 2 Peter 3:18 reminds us: "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen"

Raise your hand if you want to grow in the knowledge of the Lord! I know I do! If we're not careful, we can get complacent and remain seated on the "comfort zone" couch. 

Gods Word is essential in our lives, and it is how we grow. Jesus loves us and we can grow in His knowledge by diligently committing ourselves to having quiet time with Him, daily. We are His lilies among the thorns of life and He wants to equip us for every trial, challenge and struggle. All our answers are in the Bible, it is our manual to walking hand in hand with Jesus. 

Do you know what else is essential in our Christian walks? Sharing His love. When was the last time you told a perfect stranger..."Jesus loves you"? Because if you did, chances are it might start a sweet dialogue. Labor in the Lord is never done in vain. Seeds are planted when we share His love with others and we'll have the Holy Spirit to guide us. He is our private tutor. All He wants is a willing, flexible and obedient heart. We should never be satisfied where we are in our walks with God. We should desire to strive in knowing Him more and more and more. At the end, it's all about choice. We either choose to grow closer to Jesus, or we don't.   

"Grace" was another great topic we touched on. How many of us are graceful? I'm talking about graceful in every situation? Even when someone has hurt you? Romans 5:20 reminds us that "Where sin abounds, grace abounds much more" Grace should be obvious in our life and not prejudice. We can't pick and choose who we want to extend grace to. Can you imagine if God was like that with us? Sister Linda, encouraged us to pump up our "Grace Muscles" and exercise grace daily. I confess, recently I haven't been very graceful, but God in His love reminded me today... Liz, you need to extend more grace. It's not about you. It's about Me. Yes, I know people have hurt you, but Liz, I have a plan and a purpose for you, Trust Me! Keep your eyes on Me!!

I was blessed by today's nuggets, but here is one of my favorites! "God has a 100% track record in keeping His promises" This is me sometimes: "But Lord, how is this going to work out? I just don't understand it." To which I hear His voice reminding me... Liz, didn't I promise you that "I will never leave nor forsake you?" "But Lord, we don't have the money, what's going to happen?" "Liz, I am Jehovah Jireh, I shall supply all your needs". But Lord, But Lord, I'm like Ahhh Liz! Just Hush It! Sit, Be still, Pray... Pray a lot and watch His hand move as you obey His commands. Today, I walked out knowing that "we can stop growing, when we stop believing!"

2015 is the year the Lord will restore what the locust has eaten! How that's going to look? Only He knows. It's the year where He will crown it with bountiful harvest for His glory! (Psalm 65:11) And today's personal scripture is in Psalm 37:5  Entrust your ways to the Lord. Trust him. He will act on your behalf.




*Tonight's blog, was inspired by the notes I took from our study, spoken by our Sister in Christ, Linda. *




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