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Growing In Godliness

Tuesday September 1, 2020

Growing up is challenging. Someone took care of us when we were babies so we could survive. As young children we had to learn how to walk and talk and behave. Perhaps we can remember as teenagers how difficult it was to listen to our parents and do what they said rather than doing what we wanted to do or what our peers suggested. 

Growing in godliness is also challenging.  We need to get to know the God who takes care of us and to whom we have committed our will and life.  We need to learn how to walk and talk and behave as people of God.  We need to devote ourselves to doing the will of God rather than doing what is right in our own eyes or in the eyes of our culture.

Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught. (2 Peter 1:12 NLT)

To live a full and meaningful life with the Power that is greater than ourselves, we need to be assured that this God has given us everything we need for life and godliness.  We need to be convinced that our future is guided by the One who knows the way forward.  Staying close to our Guide will give us the opportunity to better know the God who loves and cares for us and enables us to avoid giving in to temptation. 

May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.  (2 Peter 1:2-3 NLT)


 As we make healthy choices which lead to a godly life, we will know the kindness and peace of God which cannot be bought with silver or gold, but comes with the wholehearted giving of our will and life over to the care of God.


Prayer: Gracious God, Help me to grow in the knowledge of Jesus who gave His life so that I might be free from sin and enabled to live a Godly life.  Amen


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