Day 125: How Do We Implement Spiritual Exercises?

We each have a choice as to who we will allow to shape us at our core. Father God seeks to transform us from the inside out. He is seeking to change the core of who we are. Through the Holy Spirit, He is transforming, reforming, remaking our thoughts, desires, and emotions so that they…

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Day 124: How Do We Avoid the Trap of Legalism?

The things that we have been discussing this week are dangerous ideas. Many have twisted these thoughts into legalism—the way of thinking that says, “If I do this, then God must do this …” Father-God will not be manipulated this way and He desires a better way for us. We are working out our salvation, not…

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Day 123: What Are Spiritual Exercises?

One of the goals that we have for MilktoMeat as a whole is to provide you with both the proper “diet” and “exercise” for spiritual growth. The proper diet for a Christian is the Written and Living Word of God. As Jesus told the Tempter, “A person does not live on bread alone, but on…

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Day 122: What Habits Did Jesus Practice?

Philippians 2:12–13“… continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, for the one empowering in youscripleftblue both the desire and the empowerment—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God.” Even though we do not work to earn our salvation or our blessing or our acceptance from God, there are exercises that we can do…

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Day 120: What Is The Process Of Spiritual Growth?

Everyone on Planet Earth is being spiritually formed. The only question is, “Who is doing the forming?” Although there is no “formula” for spiritual growth, it does help us to understand the resources and the means that God uses to grow us toward Christlikeness.

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Day 117: What Is The Fruit of the Spirit?

The Holy Spirit has been given to us so that we are empowered to produce the good, virtuous way of Jesus in our own lives. This is what we were designed to do. Even though we have been corrupted by the power of sin, the Holy Spirit enables us to produce the goodness of God…

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