Spiritual growth

A few weeks ago we discussed things that had helped us in our spiritual growth, specifically relating to prayer. The item that I shared for the class was my prayer journal. Now, before some of you start tuning me out with the "I'm not a journal person" phrase, let me reassure you that I am not either. I had never kept a journal for more than a week in my entire life. However, a few summers ago someone introduced me to the idea and I have been blessed by using the journal ever since. All I have in my journal is the date and then a list of the situations and people that I am praying about. Using the journal has kept me more consistent in my prayer life and I have been able to go back and look at the ways that God has answered my prayers. I can see times where I had a request that seemed to be so daunting at the time, but God has answered the prayer and I have almost forgotten the problem.

The second item that has helped me grow spiritually is spending time reading the Bible. I have used Bible reading schedules, the Daily Bible, and I am using the One Year Bible now. All of them have their advantages, but they have all helped me grow. I cannot imagine being where I am today without all of the lessons that I have learned through reading every day.

Enough about me, what about you? What have you done that has impacted your spiritual growth? I would love to hear from you and let you share with others so that we can learn from each other.
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Changes

Well, to those of you checking in a few changes have happened over the past six months. Charissa and I moved to Searcy, AR and I am going back to school to certify to teach high school math. Charissa is enjoying teaching third grade at a local elementary school. I am going to school full time at Harding and I will be done with school in May. I helped coach the football team this past season and enjoyed being around the players. I love working with teenagers. I enjoy the time I spend with them now and look forward to the time I will have with them in the future. Charissa and I are working with a small group for the teens on Wednesday night and we have enjoyed that as well. So, to our friends in Colorado, Arkansas, Texas, or wherever else you live, that is the short version of what we have been up to for the past several months.

There are so many of you who have been such an important part of our lives, and since you are in so many different places it is nearly impossible for me to keep in contact with each of you. One of the main reasons that I want to start using this blog again is to help you in your spiritual walk. I hope that when you who check in from time to time you will find something to think about, laugh about, or maybe give you a different insight that you haven't had before. I hope that you will feel free to post a comment, since many of my blogs may be asking your thoughts on a particular idea. So, whenever you click on the blog, I hope more than anything that you are growing closer to God and developing a better relationship with His Son.