Welcome to this weekend's In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley.

Have you ever felt so frustrated that you wondered if you'd ever reach spiritual maturity?

Today's podcast is a reminder that spiritual growth is a lifelong journey, meant to be embraced and enjoyed every step of the way.

If someone should ask you to describe the Christian life,

how would you describe it?

Would you describe it on the basis of how you live your life?

Would you describe it on the basis of maybe the people

you look around and see who claim to be Christians?

Or maybe you would describe it on the basis of

some person that you feel is living a little better Christian life than others. Maybe someone

who is renowned or someone who has popularity of prestige or someone who's recognized as a very

significant Christian. Or would it be that you would

describe it on the basis of someone who helped you personally? You see strength in their life,

and so therefore that would be your idea. Well, I think all of us would have to face the fact

that according to the biblical standard of the Christian life, that over a period of time,

we have sort of brought the standard down, and as a result, what we've done, we have sort of settled

for a settled for a Christian life. In other words, you don't have to work too hard, you don't

have to try too hard, not too much faith. In other words, you don't have to work too hard. You don't have to try too hard. Not too much faith.

In other words, just enough to sort of get by. And many people trust the Lord Jesus Christ as their

savior. And somewhere along the way, nobody either has ever taught them or they never heard.

That once you're saved, then you begin to grow in your Christian life.

And that growth is growth into Christ's likeness. Listen to what Paul says in Romans chapter 8,

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