All About GOD - Growing Relationships with Jesus and Others
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Simple steps to build daily spiritual nourishment into your life for healthy, vibrant growth as Jesus' disciple.
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"Miraculous" Growth in Three Easy Steps
How to Grow
Many Christians say they want to grow in their spiritual life or get closer to God, but they don't know how or lack a plan. Growth in Christ can be as simple as following through with what we call the 2-3-2 plan. You will be amazed at how your spiritual life develops; it will seem almost miraculous!
Developing a Daily Habit
One of the goals of the 2-3-2 plan is to develop some healthy habits or spiritual disciplines you’ll practice daily. Most of us don’t like the word discipline, but just as brushing one’s teeth, taking a bath, exercise, and eating healthy food on a daily basis promotes physical health and growth, good daily spiritual disciplines promote a healthy relationship with God. Over time, you’ll find yourself building spiritual vibrancy, health and “muscle” which will enable you to rely more on the Lord, help you cope with life challenges and relate better to others. Looking back, you’ll see how you've grown and how you are better able to cope with life challenges because you were following God’s “owners manual” for life (the Bible), regularly seeking God’s help, and making better, wiser choices.
Growth Takes Time
Keep in mind that even though you may have received Jesus Christ as your Savior and now have a relationship with God, changing your thought patterns and learning to live consistently in this new way often takes a long time. One doesn’t just wake up one morning after years of inactivity and decide to compete in an Olympic marathon race that afternoon. That is why good, consistent, daily training and habits are needed. It takes time to replace a long history of bad habits with good ones. So be patient with yourself and others on the same journey.
The Quiet Time
One of the most important spiritual habits is a daily “quiet time” or “devotional” time.
Have you ever noticed two people in love? They just can't get enough time alone with each other! In the same way, God wants a love relationship with you. A daily quiet time is time you will schedule to meet with Him. Notice that we said schedule, because it is not going to happen by accident. You need to be very deliberate about this. To start, plan on setting aside 30 minutes every day for your devotional time. The amount of time is only a suggestion; don’t get fixated. Remember it is not a formula, but a relationship.
A Method to Consider:
Ask God when He would like you to meet with Him. Write down when you believe He would like you to have your appointment together. ___:___ to ____:____ AM/PM
2-3-2 What is That?
2: Means worship God by listening to TWO Christian worship music songs and/or singing praise to God. Check out some of the member's profiles here on TheNET. Many have uploaded lots of good worship music. Worship is important because God loves it! Worship sets our hearts and minds in tune with God. Remember it is all about a love relationship with Him! Don't skip this step!
3: Means read THREE chapters (or more) of the Bible. Tell God you love Him and ask Him to help you understand, learn from, and speak to you from His Word, the Bible.
If you wish, use this Daily Bible Reading Plan (this will be at least three chapters). The Daily Bible Reading Plan is a PDF file you read, save and print using Adobe Reader. If you don’t have Adobe Reader, you can download it free. You may print the reading plan for quick reference.
You can read the Bible online or use a printed copy. For English users, we recommend the New International Version or the New Living Translation because generally they are easier to read and understand.
Print out the Bible Reading Highlights Record (also a PDF file). Try to answer one or more of the eight questions listed at the top of the page. (You can print additional pages as necessary and keep all your devotional insights in a notebook or folder). You may also want to write what God is teaching you every day in your blog. That way other believers can benefit from what you are learning!
2: Means talk with God, thanking him; and asking him TWO questions about what you read, asking for help for others and yourself or about anything else as you would your closest friend.
OK, so have you scheduled your quiet time with God yet? God is waiting to meet with you!
Growing together with you!
LT
TheNET Coordinator
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Comment by jonita gill on May 29, 2010 at 12:20am
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May God bless Greg who created this schedule................
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This is realy amazing schedule....i pray to God to give courage to every one to follow this schedule....lv this site
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Comment by Antoinne Bart on May 27, 2010 at 6:48am
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1 John4:7 & 8 says:
Beloved, let us love another, for love is of God, and anyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.He that loveth not, knoweth not God for God is love.
Therefore with the love of God in us, there is nothing that we will not be willing to do for his sake.
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Comment by Ashlee Caley on May 15, 2010 at 2:48pm
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About setting the time with God, does there have to be an end time? I LOVE having devotions, and I can have them wherever I go! I just have to take my Bible and prayer life with me.
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Thank you!!! God bless everyone. You didn't find this on accident.
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Comment by PRAYER WARRIOR on April 24, 2010 at 5:27pm
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BLESSINGS EVERYONE
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like a famer put a seed in the soil he or she waits patience,and hope tha the seed will come out of the ground and grow,but befor reeching a hervest there are few or much thing to do,for there are a lot off attack to that seed,its a time of a special caring or matenance to be done,one can give up to the atacker to take over the ground and the seed,so in order to grow i belive we need to have the word in us to be rooted in christ,then the freindship with hime need to be created and mataind as we have time to chart with our physical freinds we can have that relasionship with our lord,that will leed to bearing off fruits ,for we can not hervest wethought seing or having fruits.
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Comment by iniobong on April 15, 2010 at 1:14pm
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thanks for the 2-3-2 plan
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Comment by Kate Francis on April 13, 2010 at 7:19am
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He is awesome God. I have tasted and see that He is good. Why not join and see
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Comment by Jacqueline Harris on March 29, 2010 at 4:28pm
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I find that to grow, we do need daily disciplines. Keeping a journal for prayers, and what God is saying to us daily, is important. Sometimes God will give us scriptures or passages from the bible that speak to us. Sometimes a whole chapter of His Word. He can also speak to our hearts about what we read, or put a Word in our hearts to write down. Prayer is important too, but praise opens us up to God so that we can go into prayer and receive from God. As we praise and worship God it is opening the heavens for us, and ministering to God Himself. We must praise our Lord and Savior for all He has done for us, and our Heavenly Father as well. Our relationship with God is like a marriage, and we need to spend time with each other.
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