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Me: \u00a0How are you feeling today?<\/p>\n

Prodigal: \u00a0I feel like one wheel is off and the axle is draggin’.<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0Maybe I can help.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book You Can Change by Tim Chester<\/p>\n

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Christians need never plateau. \u00a0Many Christians grew quickly when they were first converted. \u00a0They were full of enthusiasm and change. \u00a0Then, after a while, they settled down into a routine. \u00a0All the public, embarrassing sins have been swept away, but now there’s little real growth. \u00a0If change could be represented as a line on a graph, their line has gone flat. \u00a0Their behavior has changed, but their hearts go unchallenged. \u00a0It needn’t be this way. \u00a0Change is always possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other Christians worry that they’re not growing when they actually are. \u00a0Often growth in grace means a growing awareness of our sin. \u00a0We see the dirt in our hearts all the more as we move toward the light of God. \u00a0As with a computer game in which you progress up through various levels, so it is with sanctification. \u00a0Level 1 sins are the obvious, clear sins that others see in us. \u00a0By level 10 we’re becoming aware of subtle and deceitful heart desires.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today is a day of growth and that is not a bad thing. \u00a0It may be struggle but Christ is with you in your struggle. \u00a0We are never with out encouragement and love during our struggles and neither are you.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 6:25<\/p>\n

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. \u00a0Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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