Quotes about Growth

No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But if you have both, you grow up.

Instead of trying to bring men and women to Christ in the biblical way, we are consumed with the unbiblical concept of "church growth." The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.

If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.

We pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10).

But the Bible teaches that we are always either drawing nearer to God or falling away. There is no holding pattern.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.