Spiritual stability is a product of cultivating peace in the fellowship, maintaining a spirit

of joy, learning to accept less than you do, resting on a confident trust or faith in the

Lord, reacting to problems with thankful prayer, and all of that flows out of focusing on

godly virtues that begin to dominate your thinking patterns that make your life stable.

If you're a Christian, you can navigate any challenge or setback with peace and confidence

if you apply the biblical principles John MacArthur looks at today. So stay tuned as John

returns to his study called seven steps to spiritual stability here on Grace to you. But

just before we consider what Scripture says about being a spiritually stable Christian,

we're privileged every week to hear about the stabilizing effect that Grace to use Bible

teaching has in the lives of listeners. And John, you have a recent example that explains

exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah, this is a wonderful letter. It begins, I first heard

you when I was in my teens. My sister took me to see you when you were preaching in Boston.

I fell asleep. Well, you're not alone. Not a very encouraging letter to a pastor I know,

but wait, the good stuff is coming. After many trials and failed efforts to run my own life,

God brought me to Himself through Jesus Christ. And now I listen to you every morning and hang

on to every word you say. The first thing I do when I get up is pray. The next thing I do is listen

to Grace to you on oneplace.com while I am making my breakfast. So many times I have listened to

your preaching. And afterwards, I've gotten on my face before the Lord thanking Him for your

teaching and asking Him to help me apply the things that I've heard to my own walk with God.

So thank you for your passion to bring the truth to people instead of the circus acts that

some churches try to pass off as worship. I admire how you showed great commitment to the word of

God during the COVID shutdowns. I pray for you often that God would continue to encourage people

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