The Spiritual Development Project

The Spiritual Development Project personalized development is a actually broad topic and can encompass anything that involves your novelty as a person. It cogitates becoming the best you can be and reaching towards your potential. When you become a better person than you were yesterday (this does not mean better than another person) your life and its circumstances improve. This is usually achieved by looking internally and then changing the way you act externally. Accomplishing such a thought-provoking assignment requires growing in the understandment of what it means to be a Christian. Taking what I learn by expanding my personal knowledge of biblical fairness and applying occasional things that I learn. Through the presence of His indwelling Spirit, God enables me to know, obey, and serve Him. God expects His children to grow spiritually and His Word march ons personal examination as an element of growth. This Personal Development Project can sustain me complete an examinat ion and carefully search within my spiritual growth. The project will help me carefully hazard about my spiritual development related to six specific spiritual disciplines abiding in Christ, living in the Word, praying in faith, fellowshipping with entrustrs, witnessing to the world, and ministering to others. This development will portion out course over a period of six days. Practicing the above one each day. Not only is this a school project but is in addition designed to help me reach important life goals and to live a life that honors God. This will be a cumalitive process that entails seeking Gods will for my life, fit life goals consistent with that will, developing a strategic plan to pursue those life goals, and habitually tracking my progress toward my goals. Much of this is straight forward and childs play to do, but seldom do most people take the epoch to formally tackle these tasks because of our frenetic, over extended lives. Like other types of planning we do i n life like planning a wedding, planning a vacation, financial planning, and so on. Creating a Personal Development Plan will maximise my chances of gaining the results I am seeking. (Fares)Abide in Christ1) I practiced a regular quiet time and looked forward to that time with Christ2) When reservation choices, I seek Christs guidance first.3) My relationship with Christ is motivated much by love than duty or fear.4) I experience life qualifying as a result of my worship experiences5) When God hands me aware of His specific will in an area of my life, I will follow His leading.6) I believe Christ provides the only way for a relationship with God.7) My actions demonstrate a desire to build Gods kingdom earlier than my own.8) Peace, contentment, and joy characterize my life rather than worry and anxiety.9) I trust Christ to help me through any problem or crisis I face.10) I remain confident of Gods love and proviso during difficult times.Tuesday, March 8Live in the Word1) I reg ularly read and study my Bible.2) I believe the Bible is Gods Word and provides His book of instructions for life.3) I evaluated cultural ideas and lifestyles by biblical standards.4) I try to answer questions about life and faith from a biblical perspective.5) I replaced impure or inappropriate thoughts with Gods truth.6) When the Bible exposes an area of my life needing change, I respond to make things right.7) I use the Bible as the guide for the way I appreciate and act.8) I study the Bible for the purpose of discovering truth for daily living.Wednesday, March 9Prayer in Faith1) My petitioners focus on discovering Gods will more than expressing my needs.2) I trust God to answer when I pray and wait patiently on His timing.3) My prayers include thanksgiving, praise, confession, and requests.4) I expect to grow in my prayer life and intentionally seek help to improve.5) I spend as much time listening to God as I do public lecture to Him.6) I pray because I am aware of my compl ete dependence on God for everything in my life.7) I maintain an attitude of prayer end-to-end each day.8) I believe my prayers impact my life and the lives of others.9) I engage in a daily prayer time.Thursday, March 10Fellowship with believers1) I forgive others when their actions harm me.2) I admit my errors in relationships and humbly seek forgiveness from the one I have hurt.3) I allow other Christians to stick to me accountable for spiritual growth.4) I seek to live in harmony with other members of my family.5) I place the interest of others above my self interest.6) I am gentle and kind in my interactions with others.7) I encourage and listen to feedback from others to help me discover areas for relationship growth.8) I show patience in my relationships with family and friends.9) I encourage others by pointing out their strengths rather than their weaknesses.10) My time commitments demonstrate that I value relationships over work, career, and hobbies.Friday, March 11Witness ing to the world1) I care my faith in Christ with non believers.2) I regularly pray for non believers I know.3) I make my faith known to my neighbors4) I intentionally maintain relationships with non believers in order to share my testimony.5) When confronted about my faith, I remain consistent and firm in my testimony.6) I help others understand how to effectively share a personal testimony.7) I make sure the people I witness to get the follow up and financial support needed to grow in Christ.8) I encourage my church and friends to support mission efforts.Saturday, March 12Minister to Others1) I understand my spiritual gifts and use those gifts to serve others.2) I serve others expecting nothing in return.3) I sacrificed my cash in hand to help others in my church and community.4) I go out of my way to show love to people I meet.5) I share biblical truth with those I serve as God gives opportunity.6) I act as if others needs are as important as my own.7) I contribute time to a m inistry at Church.8) I help others identify ministry gifts and become involved in ministry.At the end of the week, I reflected on the tasks I put forth. around were easy while others were very challenging, but if everything was easy in life no one would ever learn anything. One of the hard tasks I encountered was gracious people when they do harm to me. Emotions do fall into this category and at times I was very angry. Another challenge was sacrificing my own funds to help others in my church. This is hard for anyone, especially in this bad economy. The funny thing is that the money was returned and with extra. By far, the hardest task is witnessing to others. Not everyone is going to accept the facts without giving roughly sort of a hard time. People have questions and if you can not answer them. It makes it very difficult to convert or even persuade a willing ear. The easy things like reading the Bible more and praying gave me more insightfulness and knowledge. I completed each one of the tasks written. I am very pleased that I did this Personal Development Project. I am more willing to talk more people and it is easier to share my testimony. I will overcompensate to pray, read the Bible, and witness to others. As John and Patrice Robson put it, If we want something to change, we need to be clear about what we want. Then we need to make it happen.