Thread by @pageman

Back at #CafeBonbon - looking at Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV) - biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…

Signs of Maturity No. 1: Don’t avoid controversy but at the same time don’t seek it #CafeBonbon

Do you speak the truth or do you live in hypocrisy? Psalms 15:1-5 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… Acts 5:26-29 biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… “We must obey God rather than human beings! #CafeBonbon

“The healing ministry attracts, controversy, and criticism” - Oral Roberts #CafeBonbon

When you try to disguise your foolishness as virtue, Proverbs 20:3 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… #CafeBonBon a wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has something to say

Sign of Maturity No. 2: Self-Control, Proverbs 16:22 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… #CafeBonbon perhaps you pray a lot, but do you obey?

Before you have dominion over the world and other entities, we must have dominion first over ourselves - how do you respond when your emotions flare? #CafeBonbon

Sign of Maturity No. 3: Forgive Generously, the flesh likes to revel in offenses. You can’t offend a dead person - I no longer live, but it is Christ who lives in me - #CafeBonbon

We should choose to forget and forgive - Ephesians 4:22 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… #CafeBonbon

The true act of spiritual power is to forgive generously and radically - Matthew 5:48 (ESV) - biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… - don’t get stuck in the prison of bitterness and I forgiveness #CafeBonbon

Sign of Maturity No. 4: When we think eternally Colossians 3:1-4 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… #CafeBonbon

Our role as mature believers is to show the younger generation what we are focusing on to give them an eternal perspective #CafeBonbon eternal things are more important than the temporal

T-Shirt: What are doing today for eternity? Only eternal things count in the context of eternity #CafeBonbon

Sign of Maturity No. 5: Always be learning. It’s good to be corrected! Proverbs 12:1 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… Hebrews 12:6 (ESV) biblegateway.com/passage/?searc… #CafeBonbon

Humility is also good source of correction - Psalm 119:25-29 (ESV) bible.com/bible/116/PSA.… “Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions.” #CafeBonbon

Have hunger for the Word: Psalm 119:12-16 NLT bible.com/bible/116/PSA.… #CafeBonbon