Introducing a free spiritual journey inventory... because you don't have to stay stuck spiritually

This past weekend, Pastor Chad Allen delivered an important message at Cuyahoga Valley Church from Genesis and the life of Jacob about the dangers of staying stuck in middle of our spiritual journey. Chad graciously gave me permission to post a portion of his message where, frankly, he was on a roll sharing grace-based, gospel-centered bullets of application. He was seeking to help us know whether or not we are stuck in the middle of our journey with Christ. 

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What signs of spiritual maturity have you seen in your life? How are you different now than you were in the weeks, months, and years before today? What changes, what new life has Christ brought into your life? 

Or do you feel stuck?

If you feel distant from God, you may be stuck. 

If you haven’t shared your faith with someone in months, you may be stuck. 

If you are a follower of Christ and you’ve never walked across the street, driven across town or flew across the globe to love and serve others in the name of Christ, then you may be stuck. 

If you are dating or engaged to someone who doesn’t love Christ, you may be stuck. 

If you haven’t opened your Bible in weeks or prayed in days, then you may be stuck. 

If you are repeating the same mistakes without any victory, then you may be stuck. 

If you aren’t faithfully tithing to the Lord, you may be stuck. 

If you know hundreds of song lyrics but can’t muster up one memorized Bible verse, then you may be stuck. 

If you care more about what people think about you than what God thinks about you, you may be stuck. 

If you keep asking God to bless your plans instead of asking God to help you live for His plans, you may be stuck. 

If you are uncomfortable with the things I’m saying right now, you may be stuck. 

But you don’t have to stay there!

Some of you here today are struck in the middle of who God is making you to be. Maybe you’re stuck on the threshold of giving your life to Christ. Maybe some are not even in a relationship with Jesus yet. We hope and pray that changes. Some of you are growing and we praise God for that. But some of you are stuck. In the middle. You need movement.

I’ve been stuck. You’ve been stuck. I’ll have moments of being stuck. You’ll have moments of being stuck. But we can’t live there. We can’t thrive there. We can’t experience what God has for us if we get stuck.

Let’s be Motivated to Move.

Let’s Meet with God regularly. 

And let’s Mature along our journey.

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If you think you might be stuck , then I urge you to watch and listen to the entire message. Click here. 

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