Easy Way To Measure Spiritual Growth In Christ!

12 Evidences Of Advancement In Holiness.

1.  An increasing comfort and delight in the Holy Scriptures.

2.  An increasing interest in prayer, and an increasing spirit of prayer.

3.  An increasing desire for the holiness of others.

4.  A more heart-searching sense of the value of time.

5.  Less desire to see and hear for mere curiosity.

6.  A growing inclination against magnifying the faults and weaknesses of others.

7.  A growing readiness to speak freely to those who do not enjoy religion.

8.  More disposition to glory in reproach for Christ’s sake and suffer for Him.

9.  An increasing tenderness of conscience.

10.  Being less affected by changes of place and circumstances.

11.  A sweeter enjoyment of the holy Sabbath and services of the sanctuary.

12.  An increasing love for the searching means of grace. 

  

                         -- from J. A. Wood in Perfect Love 

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, GREATHEART?

Where are you going, Greatheart,
With your eager face and your fiery grace?
    Where are you going, Greatheart?

"To fight a fight with all my might,
For Truth and Justice, God and Right,
To grace all Life with His fair Light."
   Then God go with you, Greatheart!

Where are you going, Greatheart?
"To beard the Devil in his den;
To smite him with the strength of ten'
To set at large the souls of men."
   Then God go with you, Greatheart!

Where are you going, Greatheart?
"To cleanse the earth of noisome things;
 To draw from life its poison stings;
To give free play to Freedom's wings."
   Then God go with you, Greatheart!

Where are you going, Greatheart?
"To lift Today above the Past;
To make Tomorrow sure and fast;
To nail God's colors to the mast."
   Then God go with you, Greatheart!

Where are you going, Greatheart?
"To break down old dividing lines;
To carry out my Lord's designs;
To build again His broken shrines."
   Then God go with you, Greatheart!

Where are you going, Greatheart?
"To set all burdened peoples free;
To win for all God's liberty;
To 'stablish His sweet sovereignty."
   God go with you, Greatheart!
                              John Oxenham