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The Battle Marks Of..

person Pastor Darrell Bailey

The Battle Marks of Maturity. Ephesians 4:17-32 God wants us to move from the spiritual nursery to the spiritual battlefield. He wants us to leave the realm of milk, bibs and diapers and He wants us to enter the realm of meat, battles and devotion.God’s plan for every one of His children is to see them all reach spiritual maturity! He just wants us to grow up!A few do, some never will and others reach for that goal daily.You know Jesus is your Savior and you know you are headed to Heaven. You know you are far from what you should be, but there is a genuine desire in your heart to be all the Lord has saved you to be. Your life is filled with ups and downs, with the struggles of the flesh and the spirit. You are not self-righteous, self-confident or self-reliant. You merely want to grow! It is with you, those who fight the same battles I face, that I share this message. The verses we have read contain information we need to make our desire to grow a reality. Are you maturing? Do you possess the marks of a maturing Christian? A maturing believer is easily identified because he/she is so different from the world around them.As the believer continued to die to the old way of life, God continued to renew the person into the person He had made them to be. This change in behavior had to start with a change in their mind. The battle for one’s behavior is really a battle for one’s mind.


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