STAY WHIMSICAL.

“We say to our children, 'Act like grown-ups,' but Jesus said to the grown-ups, 'Be like children.'" – Billy Graham

There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish. – Max L. Lucado

Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God. – Oswald Chambers

We must never forget that what we once were is nothing compared with what we are becoming. – T. D. Jakes

You can make excuses or you can make progress, but you can't make both. – Carey Nieuwhof

Sufferings are to spiritual maturity as the chisel is to sculpture. – Author Unknown

Maturity is the stage where the whole life has been brought under the control of God. – Oswald Chambers

Never make a point at the expense of making a difference. – Andy Stanley

Jesus had a very different end in mind for the spritually mature. He didn't define maturity by how much you know. He defined it by how much you love. – Carey Nieuwhof, Didn't See It Coming

Spiritual truth is learned through the atmosphere that surrounds us, not through intellectual reasoning. – Oswald Chambers

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