This growth plan includes five daily devotions based on Ben Stuart’s book Rest and War. The spiritual life can feel like it’s a struggle because it is! Pursuit of intimacy with God occurs within the context of adversity. And yet with struggle can come progress if we learn to struggle well.
What hope do you find in knowing that Jesus walks with you, empowers you with his Spirit, and catches you when you fall?
What shifts in your mindset would help you know God more intimately and enjoy him more thoroughly?
How does anticipating temptation and praying to your loving Father help you fight temptation and destroy the work of the devil in your life?
Where do you need to redraw the battle lines in your life to eliminate temptation? How can conversation with trusted friends and with God himself help you do this?
How do you respond to the fact that Jesus fights for you and with you to destroy the work of sin in your life?
Ben Stuart
