Are You Ready for Spiritual Maturity?

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I remember my dad – a pastor of over 50 years – once said, “I don’t mind feeding baby Christians, but there’s a problem when I have to move the whiskers out of the way to get the bottle in the mouth!”

In other words, a pastor shouldn’t have to bottle-feed mature Christians.

They should be eating meat, not drinking milk.

When a baby doesn’t develop like they should, we know there’s a developmental problem.

But what if Christians don’t develop like they should? Is there a problem?

Paul thought so.

That is why he wrote a letter to the church in Corinth, because he’d heard of serious problems in the church.

Sectarianism and divisiveness
Immorality
Legal matters between church members
Idolatry
Disrespect of the authority in the church
Misuse of the spiritual gifts during services

This church in Corinth, to which Paul wrote this letter, was planted by Paul around 50-51 A.D., and while he was on a 3-year mission in Ephesus he continued to correspond with them through letters.

During that time the church began to suffer and Paul felt the need to bring correction.

The church today isn’t very different.

More and more we hear about church splits, immorality in the church, legal cases being brought between two believers, and disrespect of church authority and leadership, among other issues.

Many believers don’t know the Bible because they don’t read the Bible.

Some, perhaps, know the Bible intellectually but have never had a true encounter with Jesus Christ that would help that knowledge move from their head to their heart.

They are simply spiritually immature.

Are You Ready for Spiritual Maturity?

March 4, 2024, we will begin a study through 1st Corinthians.

You can purchase the journal here.

When: We will start on March 4, 2024

Where: You can find our private Facebook Group, Whatsapp, Telegram, and as an email group for which you can sign up here

What Do I Need? Just grab the optional 1 Corinthians SOAK journal, your Bible, and a pen.

What can I expect? Both Courtney and I will be blogging through 1st Corinthians – each on our own blogs.

Each Monday, Courtney will provide resources on her Good Morning Girls blog

Each Wednesday, I’ll be blogging here about what I’m learning from the 1st Corinthians study.

Each Friday, Courtney will be sharing a wrap-up of the study for that week.

A Little More About Good Morning Girls and My Groups

Good Morning Girls is an online Bible study for women. Began by Courtney Joseph in her church, she took the Bible study to the Internet in 2009 and invited ladies all over America to join her in keeping each other accountable to their daily time with the Lord.

Little did she know that this Bible study would extend beyond the borders of America to literally every region of the world!!

In 2014 I joined Courtney, together with my dear friends Misty, Mandy and Bridget, in helping to lead Good Morning Girls. It has been an amazing journey as we’ve watched Good Morning Girls not only grow beyond what we could have dreamed or imagine, but we’ve had the amazing honor to see women’s lives changed by daily digging into God’s Word!

Good Morning Girls is a simple study – we simply read the Bible.

We believe that there is power in the Word of God and the Word of God alone can defeat the enemy. So we read one chapter a day 5 days a week. And we will continue this method until we’ve read through the entire Bible!!

All the materials are free and are available at Women Living Well!

In the summer of 2012 I opened the very first Good Morning Girls group in Croatia.

12 women, all members of my church.

I had no idea where it would lead. But by the following summer it exploded to cover the countries of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia.

You can read the story here