We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples.
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__ will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God.
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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__ will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God.
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