Understanding Our Spiritual Growth: A Seven Step Journey to Spiritual Maturity

For years, as a Christian, I did not know how to determine my spiritual growth. Like so many others, being spiritual meant having been baptized, going to church, taking part in the activities at the church made available to the members, such as mission, prayer meeting, Bible study, brotherhood, choir, Sunday school, training union, going to association and convention meetings, participating in Bible drills, Easter plays and programs, Christmas speeches, plays, and programs, bake sales, raising money through various type of efforts, and annual programs of the church. If we were blessed to have opportunities to take church sponsored trips to different states to visit historical sites, we felt we were doing the things that would develop us spiritually. Little did I know that spiritual growth was an entirely different experience. Let’s go on a journey…