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March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025

Having God’s wisdom and direction is a primary goal for motivating my decisions. I don’t know about you, but every time I’ve made a bad decision or “messed up”, I realize that instead of listening to the Holy Spirit, or following God’s guidance, that my motivation was self-interest or simply my own thought about what I should do at the time.

 

Last week, I talked about learning to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit through spiritual growth. If you have recognized your need, and accepted Jesus’ offer of salvation, then God has given you the gift of the Holy Spirit. He actually moves and takes up residence inside of you! He offers to teach and guide you each day as you learn to listen for His voice. He doesn’t impose Himself on you, but is always available to respond when you seek His help, most often as you acquaint yourself with His Word in the Bible.

 

We need to ask the Lord each day to give us the wisdom that we need to handle the challenges and difficulties that we face and to make the right choices. The Bible instructs us to “get wisdom” (Proverbs 4:5) and tells us that if we ask in faith, God will be generous in giving His wisdom (James 1:5-6).

 

As we move ahead in the process of spiritual growth, we begin to recognize that we can depend on the Holy Spirit to guide us and to help us to put into practice the wisdom that God provides as we ask in trust and faith. 

 

Have you arrived at a place where you can ask God for His wisdom and guidance with the assurance that the Holy Spirit will disclose it to you and guide you?

March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

There’s nothing like being able to pick up messages that the Holy Spirit wants you to hear!

 

Getting in tune with the Holy Spirit allows you to determine if you’re on the right path and in alignment with God’s will. It provides the confidence you need for moving forward with God’s plan for your life using the gifts and talents that He gave you, and the ability to experience true peace.

 

Developing a close relationship with the Holy Spirit is akin to improving physical fitness through exercise. It’s basically a matter of spending some time and effort that will significantly improve your spiritual growth and personal walk with God.

 

As a Christian Life Coach, my training and focus is to help you to develop a plan and work on the support and encouragement that will enhance your spiritual growth and fitness.

 

If you’re listening for God’s voice in your life, I think I can help to improve your hearing!

March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025

Two primary facets of coaching involve help in finding the right direction and encouragement. A major key to providing a positive result is a willing attitude and desire on the part of the client to both receive help and to help themself. 

 

From my experience working in the mental health field, I can’t count how many times my efforts to help clients were thwarted or frustrated because the person I was trying to help did not genuinely and wholeheartedly desire change. They wanted someone (whether me or God) to wave a magic wand, or say a prayer, and presto change-o! All done!  

 

Finding the right direction and experiencing real encouragement takes desire, commitment and hard work, especially on the part of the client! There’s a correlation with the spiritual growth that occurs when a believer experiences the desire to know more about, and become a disciple, of Jesus. The desire and commitment, over time, for spiritual growth produces change. That person becomes more like Jesus when there is consistency in learning and responding to God’s direction day by day.

 

John Darby, a noted author has observed: “Spiritual growth is the Holy Spirit engraving the Lord Jesus on a man’s heart, putting Him into his thoughts, his words, and his ways, just as the Law was engraved upon stones.”

 

If you are ready for change, having a coach can help considerably. But, I invite you to first consider asking yourself a question.

 

“Do I have a desire for a relationship with Jesus Christ and for the spiritual growth that He desires for me?”  

January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

God’s wisdom and revelation are free gifts to believers who seek and ask. They are key ingredients to spiritual growth. One of the major benefits of spiritual growth is the opening of a pathway to healthy and happy relationships. So, my tip for today is to make spiritual growth a priority in your life. God wants an increasingly intimate relationship with you!

 

As you grow closer to the Lord, you will come to a deeper understanding of His great love for you. Your capacity to love others will be enlarged, and you will become better equipped and enabled to establish and maintain healthy and enjoyable relationships. You will also enjoy a host of other benefits. Most importantly, you will establish a more intimate relationship with God.

 

Are you up for thinking and praying about ways that you can experience spiritual growth and greater intimacy with God?

August 22, 2022

August 22, 2022

I like this quote by Christian author Watchman Nee: “You advance spiritually by finding out what you really are (in Christ), not by trying to become what you hope to be. That goal you will never reach, however earnestly you may strive.”

 

He says that the only way to experience spiritual growth is for us to discover the truth as God sees it; the truth concerning Christ and the truth concerning ourselves in Christ. It doesn’t come from wanting it or working for it. We need to see (understand) that our spiritual growth becomes possible solely because of our position as a ‘new creature’ in Christ!

 

Are you growing spiritually? As your coach, I can help you on this journey.