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    Spiritual Maturity Handbook
    Spiritual Maturity Handbook
    Spiritual Maturity Handbook
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    Spiritual Maturity Handbook

    By Freddy Davis

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    For a Christian, an understanding of spiritual maturity and its development in one’s life is, without a doubt, one of the most important elements of our faith. At the same time, it may be one of the most elusive. Here you will find a definition of spiritual maturity along with its parameters. Additionally, you will find the things you must work on in your life to develop that maturity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFreddy Davis
    Release dateJun 8, 2010
    ISBN9781466171398
    Spiritual Maturity Handbook
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    Freddy Davis

    Freddy Davis is the president of MarketFaith Ministries. He is married to Deborah and has one son, Ken. Freddy did his undergraduate studies at Florida State University in Speech Communications and received his MDiv and DMin degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to his pastoral ministry and work with MarketFaith Ministries, Freddy served overseas as an international missionary for nearly 17 years (in Japan and in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia). Freddy is the author of numerous books, workbooks and other works.

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      Spiritual Maturity Handbook - Freddy Davis

      Spiritual Maturity Handbook

      Freddy Davis

      Spiritual Maturity Handbook

      Copyright 2009 By Freddy Davis

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 8 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      How to Use this Booklet

      Days 1 ~ 8 - Understanding Spiritual Maturity

      Day 1 - What is Spiritual Maturity?

      Day 2 - Spiritual Maturity and Temptation

      Day 3 - Spiritual Maturity and God’s Will

      Day 4 - Spiritual Maturity and Feelings

      Day 5 - How to Measure Spiritual Maturity - Part 1

      Day 6 - How to Measure Spiritual Maturity - Part 2

      Day 7 - How to Measure Spiritual Maturity - Part 3

      Day 8 - Spiritual Maturity and Salvation

      Days 9 ~ 15 - Matching up with the Character of God

      Day 9 - Holiness/Righteousness

      Day 10 - Justice

      Day 11 - Love

      Day 12 - Mercy

      Day 13 - Humility

      Day 14 - Goodness

      Day 15 - Patience

      Days 16 ~ 23 - The Fruit of the Spirit

      Day 16 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Love

      Day 17 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Joy

      Day 18 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace

      Day 19 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Patience

      Day 20 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Kindness

      Day 21 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Goodness

      Day 22 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Gentleness

      Day 23 - But the Fruit of the Spirit Is Self-control

      Days 24 ~ 27 - Spiritual Knowledge

      Day 24 - What Is Worldview?

      Day 25 - Who Is God?

      Day 26 - The Full Scope of the Christian Faith

      Day 27 - How to Know God?

      Days 28 ~ 30 - Christian Service

      Day 28 - Ministry Among the Family of Believers

      Day 29 - Ministry Among Non-believers

      Day 30 - Christian Stewardship of Our Resources

      Where Do We Go from Here?

      Introduction

      For a Christian, an understanding of spiritual maturity and its development in one’s life is, without a doubt, one of the most important elements of our faith. At the same time, it may be one of the most elusive.

      I believe that virtually every person who names the name of Christ has a desire to become more spiritually mature. Having said that, I want to use this point to make an important distinction. While virtually every Christian wants to become more spiritually mature, very few are able to articulate specifically what that means or how to actually accomplish it. Going one step further, very few consistently, intentionally and aggressively act even on what they do know.

      The purpose of this booklet is not to give you a higher level of spiritual maturity. No book or person can give that to you. Spiritual maturity is something that you have to develop for yourself individually by putting out great effort over the entire course of your life.

      Honestly, by simply reading this booklet you will not achieve spiritual maturity. But if you are truly interested in actually becoming a more spiritually mature person, this booklet will give you guidance about how to begin and progress on that journey. Here you will find a definition of spiritual maturity along with its parameters. Additionally, you will find the things you must work on in your life to develop that maturity.

      You will also not find here a comprehensive step by step roadmap for achieving your spiritual maturity. Again, there is guidance, but maturity is very personal. No book can give you something which must be worked out by each individual in daily life. What you will find is a catalog of the categories that you must grasp and the life issues you must work on in order to advance in your spiritual development. If you will commit yourself to spiritual growth and live in ways which develop these qualities in your life, you will begin to travel a road which will take you to increasingly higher levels of spiritual maturity.

      How to Use this Booklet

      This booklet is divided into thirty (30) segments. Each identifies a category that you need to consider as you contemplate your spiritual growth. The first part of each segment is a simple explanation of the category. It is only designed to identify the category so that you will realize that this is an area you need to work on. Over the course of your life, it would be very advantageous for you to do more comprehensive study in each of these areas so that your understanding grows deeper. But that is left to you. This booklet is only designed to get you started.

      At the end of each segment is a suggestion as to how you can become intentional about your growth in that area. This suggestion is necessarily very generalized. It is not designed to tell you specifically what to do or how to do it. It is only a prompt to help you think more deeply about it. The reason for this approach is that everyone’s specific life situation is different, and no single suggestion can possibly apply to everyone. Even in your own life, your level of spiritual maturity will change over time along with the actions you need to take. A generalized suggestion is the only way to give you prompts that are flexible enough to stimulate your thinking no matter what your current level. But keep this one thought in mind: If you don’t take some action based on this suggestion, nothing will happen. You must do something!

      Here is what I suggest. Begin by simply reading through the book once. This will give you a big picture look at spiritual maturity.

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