Recently my cousin Glenys shared something sent to her by nationally-known pastor Greg Laurie. I thought it was good too. Here is what he wrote (in part):

"How to be Spiritually Strong"

"I have hidden Your Word in my heart,
that I might not sin against You."
~ Psalm 119:11

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"Soon after the famous evangelist Billy Sunday became a Christian, he went to an older minister and asked him for some advice on how to grow spiritually.

"The man replied, 'If you will spend fifteen minutes a day letting God talk to you through the Bible, and fifteen minutes talking to God in prayer, and fifteen minutes talking to someone about God, they will never write ‘backslider’ after your name.'

"How does God speak to us? He speaks to us primarily through the Word of God, the Bible. A successful Christian will be a Bible-studying Christian, and a failing Christian will be someone who doesn’t open the Word of God.

"You determine what kind of Christian you will be."
 

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