Hebrews 6:1 - Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, (NASB)

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I like the story of the little boy who fell out of bed. When his Mom asked him what happened, he answered, "I don't know. I guess I stayed too close to where I got in."

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Easy to do the same with our faith. It's tempting just to stay where we got in and never move.

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Pick a time in the not-too-distant past. A year or two ago. Now ask yourself a few questions. How does your prayer life today compare with then? How about your giving? Have both the amount and the joy increased? Can you tell you've grown? And Bible study? Are you learning to learn?...

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Don't make the mistake of the little boy. Don't stay too close to where you got in. It's risky resting on the edge.

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If you can look back a year and honestly say you've grown.

That you don't have the same problem you did a year ago.

Then you are successful in life.

Success for a Christian isn't measured by money, position, or ownership, but by whether or not you've grown in grace, in love, and in joy.

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I, personally, struggle with the edge of the bed.

Sometimes with being to close to it, but mostly with trying to stay holding on to it. I usually find myself hanging onto the edge just by a finger or two, already having fallen.

Just holding on to The Rock seeking His foot hold.

When my walk becomes a crawl.

Tired

Weary

And yearning just to be held.

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But I believe pity parties to be selfishness and nothing more. I also believe selfishness to be the root of our sinful nature. Just about all sin can be traced back to selfishness.

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So what do we do when the armor becomes dull. We're still wearing it, but its dull. When we're a duck on water. When we're tired and weary. When our walk becomes a crawl.....

...... keep crawling. Trials are made to go through, not around. We must walk through them, not run from them.

We keep hanging on to that edge of the bed. Seek and ye shall find.

And God will not only carve out a foot hold, but He'll show it to you. And then we read the Instruction Manual on how to climb.

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You don't drown by falling into the water, but by staying there.

Move away from where you got in. Grow

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I love you all