Growth By Shrinking

Good stuff from Matt Johnson at The Resurgance:

The Christian life isn’t primarily about growth for the sake of personal improvement, but receiving the basics of Jesus’ death and resurrection. It’s time we shrink from our elaborate, self-involved spiritual aspirations of do more, try harder. See, we tend toward doing because, well...doing is about our self-progress and we like to take credit for our achievements. But the gospel is about the foundation of what has already been done for us.

Much more at: 3 Steps To Shrink Spiritually | The Resurgence

Unseen Spiritual Growth

Every believer goes through times when it seems like your spiritual walk seems to be going nowhere. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt (in all sizes and colors).

The Resurgence website recently published a helpful presentation on  Five Reasons You May Not Be Seeing Spiritual Growth 

1. Feelings can be misleading. 
2. We have trouble seeing incremental growth. 
3. Spiritual growth is relative but real.
4. Our church family doesn’t encourage one another enough.
5. God is using trial and temptation to grow us.

 Details and explanations are at the linked website.