This is not my work, just a copy/paste from here:

http://www.believers.org/believe/bel205.htm

It really spoke to me, hopefully God will use it to speak to you.

Spiritual Growth

Some aspects of spiritual growth are the same as physical growth. Spiritual growth requires food, exercise, and time — just like human physical growth. God’s Word is spiritual food, and acting on God’s Word exercises the human spirit.

Mental knowledge of God, and His Word, are not necessarily indicators of spiritual growth. You can know much about God without knowing Him. Mental knowledge indicates mental growth — not spiritual growth.
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Ok, so I’ve been pretty busy and slacking on updates.  I have a ton of Sunday School stuff to post, but just haven’t had the time.  I’m going to make time and post a few.  Hopefully this week!

We are doing a pretty cool series now in Sunday school. We are researching what the Bible has to say about heaven. I’m learning a bunch that I didn’t know. Here are the points that we will be going over the next few weeks:

1. Heaven is the dwelling place of God (Deut. 26:15; Matt. 6:9).

2. Heaven is the dwelling place of God’s angels (Luke 2:15; Matt. 28:2; Heb. 12:22).

3. Heaven is the dwelling place of God’s saints from earth who have died and now live there in his presence (Rev. 4-5; Luke 16:22, 25; Heb. 12:23).

4. At death, the human spirit leaves the body (Ec. 12:2) and goes either to heaven or hell (Luke 16:22ff).
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The past few weeks in Sunday School we did a search and rescue theme. We talked about the importance of not forgetting the “wounded” in battle. We talked about not leaving anyone behind. How many people do you see come and go to your Sunday school or community group? Do you ever pray for them? Do you care?

What about your friends that don’t go at all. Do you know how deep they are in the battle? Satan doesn’t want them at church, Sunday school, community group, bible study, etc… His goal is to keep you out of those places. I’m sure most can relate. Sunday is the one day your kids sleep in, so you could as well. Sunday is the one morning your kids make it impossible to leave on
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This past sunday we discussed something relatively new to me. We introduced the topic and let our group run wild. We asked them to consider some questions about these positions and answer questions. It was a great topic that sparked some interesting conversation. Best of all, it got most of us thinking. Though topics like this always bring me back to the same point: I/We are not God and might not ever understand these topics the way He can. Here is the info from the class:

The Exclusivist - sees salvation through explicit faith in Christ.

“God has revealed the Way, the Truth, and the Life in Jesus Christ, and wills this to be known in all the world.” Some exclusivists think that God’s self-revelation occurs in many ways and places – but insist that this revelation can only be understood fully for what it really is, in the light of the definitive revelation of God in Christ.

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