The Daily Growth Discipleship Podcast

Gratitude changes your perspective on life. It puts God in his place as creator and provider, and you in your proper place as created and receiver. Learning to live a life of gratitude can be a powerful spiritual discipline in your journey to grow daily. Gretchen talks about the power of gratitude in her journey to escape perfectionism.

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Perfectionism. It's tough to admit you aren't perfect. Internally, though, there's always a tendency to measure yourself in some way. You may think about how your friend reads the Bible and prays so much more than you do. You may think about how all your friends are better parents than you because every time you visit their house it's always clean and their kids form a single file line as they march to their beds every night. In this chapter, Gretchen describes what happens when we measure ourselves and how we can stop this bad habit.

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As you drive through a long mountain tunnel, there's a moment when the light from the outside world begins to slowly brighten the walls of the tunnel around you. Sometimes coming out of a dark night of the soul can feel the same way. You fight to see the light and get back to a time when all you knew was bright daylight. But the darkness doesn't always lift immediately. In this chapter, Gretchen tells about her experience coming out of the dark night of the soul and the growth she experienced as a result of it.

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St. John of the Cross wrote, "In the happy night, In secret, when none saw me, Nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save that which burned in my heart. This light guided me More surely than the light of noonday To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me–A place where none appeared." The dark night of the soul is a bitter-sweet place where pain and growth meet. It's a place where you feel completely alone, as though God will never be near again. In this chapter, Gretchen tells her story of the dark night of the soul and what it was like when she felt God wasn't listening.

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Have you ever struggled with reading the Bible? Sometimes it can seem boring or irrelevant, even for Christians today. It's anything but boring or irrelevant though. And it's something you can grow to love and treasure as you grow daily. Gretchen tells the story of her own journey of developing a passion for the Bible and the thrilling journey of knowing God through reading his word.

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The discipleship lifestyle is never impractical or abstract. In reality, the everyday moments of life are full of things we do that can make us more like Jesus. Chris talks about his experience in teaching his youth group that our heads, habits, and hearts are at the core of our journeys to become more like Jesus.

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Physical exercise isn't always what comes to mind when someone mentions spiritual growth or discipleship. But it's a valuable discipline that keeps our physical bodies in shape as well as conditions our minds for further spiritual growth. Chris talks about his journey in physical fitness and the growth he's experienced as a result.

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Have you ever felt alone in trying to figure out how to pray or how to understand the Bible? There's good news! You were created to live the discipleship lifestyle in a community of other disciples. No one can live it alone and do it well. Today, Chris unpacks his experience learning to grow by asking others for help. It's the mark of even the holiest saints. We were made to walk with someone else.

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Your view of God is affected by your view of your own father. Do you view God as cold and distant, warm and caring, or harsh and vindictive? It could be that your own father treated you this way. Whatever your view now, begin to trust that God is a good father. Chris Davis tells the story of his own relationship with his father and the God became more of a father to him than he ever imagined possible.

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What happened when you met Jesus? It's a deeper question than it seems, and we may never fully understand the answer with our merely human perspective. One thing is certain though, following Jesus after you meet him will change you. For some that change is drastic. For others it happens gradually over time. God works in each to grow them and make them more like Jesus. In this chapter, Chris unpacks his story of meeting Jesus and the slow, gradual pull he had until the day he finally decided to follow him.

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