Quotes about Growth

The trick to dealing with criticism is letting it do it's good work but forbidding it to demoralize and destroy or to embitter.

My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples. John 15:8

Had you been a spectator during only the first three days of creation, you might not have judged it as good. What good are seed-bearing plants with no sun for photosynthesis? In His wisdom God knew the work was good because He knew what was coming next. He knows what's coming next for you. That's why He can judge His work in you as good. Give God room to be completely creative. Meet with Him daily as He unfolds the plan in perfect order. He's really good at what He does.

faith unchallenged ordinarily remains unchanged.

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2

We're all looking for a quick fix, but God is after lasting change—a lifestyle of Christianity.

A seed needs planting in order to grow. It needs patience. If the seed was cast from the hand of God, he will surely sprout it, in his time, in his way. If it came from good human intentions, consider it no waste. It was a mortal's vocalized belief that you have something to offer, and while that person may prove mistaken about the precise form, that faith can act as fertilizer to the soil.

But for those who resist insisting on idyllic circumstances and faultless people, new beginnings can be had.

God can prevail and bear wonderful fruit from an unequally yoked couple as we will see, even though their lives are often more complicated than they had to be.

Having our minds sanctified is an ongoing, lifelong process, but absolutely nothing will have a greater harvest in your life. So many people try to get hold of their emotions, but they don't realize the emotions are usually regulated by the mind. If we don't start thinking differently, we will never feel differently.

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. James 3:2

Our marriages were meant to be alive, not dead. Is your marriage more like romance or roadkill?