John 3:16 succinctly summarizes the central message of the Bible. It is the little Bible. It is the gospel in a nutshell.
God personifies love. If it has to do with God, it has to do with love.You cannot know God's love if you do not believe in His Son, Jesus Christ
You can give without loving but You can not Love without giving.
"Could we with ink the oceans fill "And were the skies of parchment made, "Were every stock on earth a quill, "And every man a scribe by trade, "To write the love of God above "Would drain those oceans dry, "Nor would the scroll contain the whole, "Though stretched from sky to sky.
Oh, how He loves you and me, oh, how He loves you and me!
He gave His life, what more could He give?
Oh, how He loves you, oh, how He loves me, oh, how He loves you and me!
Certain elementary teachings are essential for all believers to understand. Those basics include the importance of faith, the foolishness of trying to be saved by good deeds, the meaning of baptism and spiritual gifts, and the facts of resurrection and eternal life. To go on to maturity in our understanding, we need to move beyond (but not away from) the elementary teachings to a more complete understanding of the faith. And this is what the author intends for believers to do (Hebrews 6:3). Mature Christians should be teaching new Christians the basics. Then, acting on what they know, the mature will learn even more from God’s Word.
Real seeds (the gospel), given genuine care by the farmer (God) and planted in a fertile field (your heart and life) will produce a bountiful crop (spiritual maturity). Weeds (temptations) threaten to overwhelm the crop. If the field produces only weeds, then the seeds are lost and the field ruined. The Holy Spirit’s conviction, the Word of God, and wise counsel help cut us cut those weeds and keep growing...taken from Life Application daily devotion.
No one drifts into maturity
you have to cultivate it...
Exercise and practice are essential in spiritual growth
A Mature Christian does more than study the Bible and Meditate , He Experiences it
