Need Your Help!
I am wanting to write a few posts about what a person can do to initiate spiritual growth in their life. Just from the many conversations that I have had lately, it seems that many people are struggling in this area. However, I don’t want to write about stuff that is not applicable to you or anyone else. Therefore, I would love to have your help.
I believe that we all have challenges when it comes to our relationship with God. For some of us, we don’t have a relationship with God because we have some questions or concerns that we have not been able to overcome. For others of us, we have begun a relationship with God, but there is an area of our life or a question that we struggle with. For others, we have been followers for a long time, but we still struggle in our prayer life or our biblical studies or any number of spiritual disciplines.
If you could, take a moment and process this question and post your response in the comment section below. If you would like for your comments to remain anonymous, just write that in your response and I will make sure and honor that request. Thank you.
What is the greatest challenge you face in growing your relationship with God?
October 10th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Discerning God’s voice from my own, hearing his words not mine. Distinguishing between his will and purpose for my life from my own wants and desires.
October 11th, 2011 at 12:24 am
I have always struggled with my biblical studies and reading my Bible everyday like I should. I guess that is why God has me in seminary now! 🙂
October 11th, 2011 at 1:17 am
I’m with Matt. I struggle to discern what God’s saying. If I’m unsure of what He’s saying, I don’t want to move until I’m sure…which is a problem and is not faith, but that’s where I get stuck a lot.
October 11th, 2011 at 5:37 am
I guess I can be a creature of habit in that I cling to what is familiar and safe. Clinging to God feels dangerous at times and seems threatening to me because I don’t know where God is leading me. Things might not work out, but was that His purpose was to fail at something and fall flat on your face? I don’t know. I just know what I have heard preached and what is written in His word. It’s for our good. I guess I am just having trouble reconciling the head and the heart. I am working on the head, in reading God’s word and learning to live a “pure life”, while understanding and accepting God’s grace through Jesus. My heart is like the sad song that goes “how do you mend a broken heart.” That’s sort of where I am at. I know I am a work-in-progress, though! I don’t want to live in fear, condemnation, hurt, confusion, anger, depression, no, no way! Sorry this seems a little disjointed, it’s late and I need to go to bed! Thank you for posing the question.
Louie
October 11th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Staying consistent in prayer. I’m not talking about thought prayers; you know, those thoughts that you think to God throughout your day,the conversations you have with Him in your mind? not that. Rather, it’s sitting down with Him and intentionally praying, interceding I guess, and zeroing in on what to pray for at the specific moment. And/or just praying for what I know to pray for, actually praying to God about it for more than 10 minutes. This is where I am challenged.