If you find yourself hitting a WALL in your faith Journey, how do you move forward? Last week we talked about the WALL being a crisis of faith. Something in life that stops us dead in our tracks. The only way forward is through the WALL. Hebrews chapter 12:7-8 says “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his Father? If you are not disciplined, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.” When you find yourself stuck at the WALL, God may want to do some kind of surgery beneath the surface in your heart. St John of the Cross wrote about the WALL, calling it the Dark Night of the Soul. He said when enter this time the Lord wants to remove our idolatries or deadly attachments. Here are some of those deadly areas he addresses:
Pride (being Judgmental and impatient with the faults of others), avarice (suffering discontentment), luxury (taking more pleasure in spiritual blessing than God himself), wrath (becoming easily irritated, impatient), spiritual gluttony (resisting the path of the cross), spiritual envy (always comparing) and sloth (running from what is hard).
This week Scott Makin is going to be teaching on the rhythms or structures we need in our life to boost our spiritual growth and maturity. Come prepared to allow Christ to speak to your heart about the below the surface issues in out lives.
See you Sunday,
Alex
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