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How Deep Are Your Roots? Are You Being Fruitful?
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I was blessed to have company on my walk today. Jodee and I talked about our spiritual journeys. We are both in a place of growth right now, and it’s beautiful. We have also been lazy Christians in the past. We loved God and were saved, but we were baby Christians. We might have been going to heaven, but we weren’t taking anybody with us.
We talked about how important it is to stay in your Bible, pray often, and have plenty of fellowship with like-minded people. We chatted about how much better off this world would be if everyone who identifies as a Christian strived for spiritual maturity. In other words, tried to exemplify Jesus.
The world needs strong, fully developed Christians now more than ever. Apathetic, wimpy Christianity won’t cut it if we want to remain free citizens and not have our voices silenced. The attacks on our freedom to worship God openly and honestly are not going to ease up. Things will get worse before they get better. They won’t improve if we don’t take a stand now. We won’t be prepared for this spiritual battle with shallow roots and no fruit.
We are supposed to be salt and light to a world that needs Jesus. Matthew 5:13–16 says:
