Our spiritual progress as believers in Christ depends on the degree to which our heart is turned toward God so that we may be pure in heart, single in seeking Him, allowing Him to remove anything that is not of Him and infuse us with Him; we all need to aspire to have an enlarged […]
Spiritual Progress Depends on our Hunger: Continually Emptied out to be Filled Up
All spiritual progress depends on our hunger, and unless we are freshly emptied in spirit to be filled with the Lord, we are indifferent to our own spiritual life and are in spiritual stagnation; God is helping us to progress with the Lord by giving us difficulties for us to open more deeply. Oh Lord […]
Being Freed from Everything that Usurps God in us for Christ to Increase in our Being
In order for us as believers in Christ to have the increase of Christ, we need to let Christ grow in us and be freed from anything that usurps the place of God; for Christ to increase in us involves the removal of any idols or things that usurp God and the adding of the element […]
Spiritual Progress is the Increase of the Element of Christ within the Believers
It is good to have a balanced view of the increase of Christ it its two main aspects: the increase of Christ for the outward increase in number of believers, and the increase of the element of Christ within us for our spiritual progress and growth in life. The external increase in number of believers […]