Never Quit Growing

GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL OR ONE WILL GET STAGNATE AND BEGIN A DECREASE. Growth is essential to long term survival. We must learn to take advantage of opportunities and take risk.

GROWTH: improve, increase, develop, mature, progressive development, MATURITY, AGE, SIZE, WEIGHT, HEIGHT.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

NEVER GIVE UP ON ANYONE… IF YOU GIVE UP YOUR INTERCESSION THAT INDIVIUAL MIGHT GO TO HELL. Be patient, never give up. You cannot always see healthy growth. Ministry with people is not like being a carpenter. At the end of the day the carpenter can look on the 2x4’s, 4x4’s and see what he has accomplished. Working with people is not always visible.

There was a wonderful couple that always planted seeds and grew beautiful flowers. The old man died in the fall of the year. The old lady was so lonely. She was sitting in the swing and loved it as spring came around. She thought of her husband and the flowers. She thought I will start the old roto-tiller and work the soil along the concrete block wall between her property and the neighbor’s driveway. The wall was a block and a space, a block and a space. She went through her husband’s seed and found this beautiful vine that had bright red flowers on the vine. So she planed the seeds all along the wall. The seeds grew and made a huge beautiful green vine all up and down the wall. Week after week there was just a green vine. She went to the barn and got a hoe and walked to the road and was beginning to chop the green vines down. The neighbor pulled his car in the driveway and saw her beginning to cut down the vines. He jumped out of his car and asked what are you doing? She said, they are my vines. I planted them for the beautiful red flowers and as you can see there are not any red flowers. He took the lady to his side of the wall. There were thousands and thousands of big bright red flowers… none was visible on her side of the wall. My friend let me tell you, don’t count today by the harvest you reap… count today by the plowing and seeds you plant. JUST CONTINUE TO GROW IN GRACE AND UNDERSTANDING, some plant, some water, but GOD GIVES THE INCREASE.

I ASK YOU FOR AN HONEST EVALUATION ARE YOU GROWING? ARE YOU STAYING THE SAME? ARISE MY LOVE--- MAKE A PLAN OF GROWTH.