I begin five days of special meetings at the First Baptist Church of Stanberry, Mo this morning. These are not designed as "evangelistic" meetings, but as exhortations and encouragements to Christians to cooperate with the Spirit as we "continue to become what we already are." (if you don't grasp those last seven words; think/pray about them for a while).
Many of us beat ourselves up because our growth in the "grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3.18) is slow. Though many factors may well be involved and are worthy of examination (self-examination; not examining others); slow growth is spectacularly better than no growth...
Those thoughts ran through my head as I read this:
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