From Ps Jeff's blog - "Areas of Personal Growth"

Think it's very meaningful! Just want to share this with you guys:

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From Pastor Jeff's blog (http://jeffchong.blogspot.com/):

I taught about growing like Jesus had grown while he was on planet earth. We need to be intentional, and not left it to be accidental, in our growth. Although Jesus was sinless, he still continued to grow from strength to strength and glory to greater glory. Thus as his followers, we need to follow in his steps.

We learnt from Luke 2:52 about Jesus’ development.

Luke 2:52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

The four areas of Jesus growth were as follows…

1)We Need To Grow In Our Mental Capability

Jesus grew in wisdom. He developed his mental capability and capacity. We need to love God with our mind. We need to be reading more, spending more time to reflect and asking questions to people who are ahead of us in certain areas of our lives.

2)We Need To Grow In Our Physical Health

Jesus also developed in his physical stature. We need to watch our diet as well as exercise regularly. Being sick and sluggish is not honoring God with our bodies.

3)We Need To Grow In Our Spiritual Being

To grow in favor with God is basically to have a stronger and closer relationship with Him. When we have a close relationship with God, it will affect all other areas of our lives.

4)We Need To Grow In Our Social Life

Lastly, Jesus grew in favor with men as well. To love God and to love people are the greatest commandments for our lives. We need to be developing closer relationship with people inside and outside (at this moment) of the Kingdom.

All of us who are Christ-followers need to be intentional and deliberate in developing these growth areas in our lives.

May Christ-likeness be formed in us more and more.