Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday January 8th.

Have you ever been so exasperated that you wonder if you will ever arrive at spiritual maturity?

Today's podcast reminds you that spiritual growth is a

lifelong process. Here's part one of living the extraordinary life.

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, just enough to sort of get by and many people trust the

Lord Jesus Christ is their Savior and somewhere along the way nobody has ever

taught them or they never heard that once you saved, then you begin to grow in your

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