Queens' Monthly Mentoring
Coddling Kills: The Importance of Maturity
Coddling Kills: The Importance of Maturity
Greetings!
This month we will look at the subject of maturity in the body of Christ.
It has been difficult to see people who claim to know the Lord turn away from their faith because of a lack of spiritual maturity. During this season as we navigate the last days, we need to be equipped to operate as mature sons of God. We have to have our minds transformed so that we can manifest and operate like our Father.
When you are not discipled to operate maturely, you are not a threat to the kingdom of darkness. You are not able to manifest.
Galatians 4:1 BSB
“What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is owner of everything.”
Hebrews 5:12-13 GWT
“By now you should be teachers. Instead, you still need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word. You need milk, not solid food. All those who live on milk lack the experience to talk about what is right. They are still babies.”
Romans 8:19 WNT
“For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.”
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 NLT
“Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?”
Not informing people about what they are going to encounter in war is wrong because they need to be equipped for the fight.
John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Acts 14:22 NIV
“strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.”
2 Timothy 2:3 NKJV
“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ”
Prophecy is given so that we can endure the contradictions we face.
1 Timothy 1:18 NLT
“Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles.”
God does not just leave us to endure the things coming upon the earth. He always takes care of His people.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.”
2 Peter 2:9 NLT
“So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.”
Psalm 37:33 NIV
“but the LORD will not leave them in the power of the wicked or let them be condemned when brought to trial.”
2 Thessalonians 3:3 AMP
“But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you [setting you on a firm foundation] and will protect and guard you from the evil one.”
Job 5:19 NLT
“From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.”
Psalm 34:15-19 NLT
“The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.”
You cannot have mature sons of God without teaching or discipling.
Ephesians 4:11-14 NLT
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.”
Mature sons sound like their Father. When you are able to speak like your Father, you will see results.
John 12:50 HCSB
“I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
We are expected to grow up and mature so that we reflect Christ and so that God’s Kingdom is advanced.
Ephesians 4:15 NIV
“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”
Greetings!
This month we will look at the subject of maturity in the body of Christ.
It has been difficult to see people who claim to know the Lord turn away from their faith because of a lack of spiritual maturity. During this season as we navigate the last days, we need to be equipped to operate as mature sons of God. We have to have our minds transformed so that we can manifest and operate like our Father.
When you are not discipled to operate maturely, you are not a threat to the kingdom of darkness. You are not able to manifest.
Galatians 4:1 BSB
“What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is owner of everything.”
Hebrews 5:12-13 GWT
“By now you should be teachers. Instead, you still need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word. You need milk, not solid food. All those who live on milk lack the experience to talk about what is right. They are still babies.”
Romans 8:19 WNT
“For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.”
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 NLT
“Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?”
Not informing people about what they are going to encounter in war is wrong because they need to be equipped for the fight.
John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Acts 14:22 NIV
“strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.”
2 Timothy 2:3 NKJV
“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ”
Prophecy is given so that we can endure the contradictions we face.
1 Timothy 1:18 NLT
“Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles.”
God does not just leave us to endure the things coming upon the earth. He always takes care of His people.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.”
2 Peter 2:9 NLT
“So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.”
Psalm 37:33 NIV
“but the LORD will not leave them in the power of the wicked or let them be condemned when brought to trial.”
2 Thessalonians 3:3 AMP
“But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you [setting you on a firm foundation] and will protect and guard you from the evil one.”
Job 5:19 NLT
“From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.”
Psalm 34:15-19 NLT
“The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.”
You cannot have mature sons of God without teaching or discipling.
Ephesians 4:11-14 NLT
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.”
Mature sons sound like their Father. When you are able to speak like your Father, you will see results.
John 12:50 HCSB
“I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
We are expected to grow up and mature so that we reflect Christ and so that God’s Kingdom is advanced.
Ephesians 4:15 NIV
“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”