| "Grow Up" What is Spiritual Maturity? Pastor Scott Snyder |
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| 1) MATURITY - is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Prov. 19:19, 29:22 2) MATURITY - is patience, the willingness to pass immediate pleasures in favor of the long term gain. James 1:3-4 3) MATURITY - is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of opposition or discouraging setbacks. 1 Peter 4:16 4) MATURITY - is unselfishly responding to the needs of others, often at the expense of one's own desires and wishes. Gal. 6:2 5) MATURITY - is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat without complaint or collapse. Phil. 2:14 6) MATURITY - humility, it is being big enough to say "I was wrong" and when right mature enough to not say "I told you so." Prov. 11:2, 16:19 7) MATURITY - is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities, then end up doing nothing. Prov. 4:25-27 8) MATURITY - means dependability, keeping one's word, coming through in crisis. The immature are masters of the alibi, confused and disorganized. Their lives are a maze of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business, and good intentions that never materialize. Ps. 12:2-3, Prov. 12:22 9) MATURITY - is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change. 1 Cor. 14:33 |
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