From Redemption to Maturity

By Joana James

From Redemption to Maturity is a small collection of devotionals that are meant to encourage, strengthen and stir the hearts of Christians towards maturity.

Many times we know exactly what the Bible says about a particular situation, but when we go through it ourselves, we find it hard to cope. This devotional touches on topics such as True Freedom, Child-like Faith, Christian Maturity, Trusting God, Waiting on God and more.

With every story, I have included my own person testimonies and experiences. I wouldn't share something with the world that I don't believe or haven't experienced myself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joana James
• Release date: Mar 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310941498

Joana James

Joana James is a young Christian author from the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean.

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Table of Contents

Quit Driving From The Back Seat

Abraham’s Test of Faith

Childlike Faith

Pain: A Catalyst for Growth

From Redemption to Maturity

Waiting on God

Move When You Must

A Test of Faith

Freedom

Go Forth With Faith

Trust God With All Your Heart

Praise God in Advance

Laziness – The Killer of Dreams

Afrin vs Visine

The Real Kingdom of God

God’s Will Leads to Success

Procrastination

Still throwing Tantrums

The Test of Praise

Right Living Over Sacrifice

Delay is not Denial

The Foundation of Wisdom

God is Always Faithful

Don’t Blame God

God Hasn’t Overlooked You

Encourage Yourself

Conceived in the Mind

About the Author

Quit Driving from the Back Seat

It's easy to love God isn't it? I mean, somebody sent their ONLY son to die in your place. He took away ALL your sins the moment you confessed them and asked for forgiveness. He spends time in heaven looking out for you, counting the hairs on your head, orchestrating plans to make sure the vehicle that should have hit you today passes by just a split second before you step onto the street. I mean, how could you not love a God like that, right?

Loving him is easy. But can you trust him? If you love to be in control of your own life like me, then you probably have a big problem trusting God, just like I do. It's not that I don't trust him in general. It is exercising that trust and then letting him take control of the vehicle of my life that's the issue. I find myself doing some backseat driving. Telling him where and when to turn, telling him that he's driving too slowly and getting angry when he tells me that we have to stop somewhere when all I really want to do is go further, faster.

I'm sure many of you would agree with me that a relationship will never work without trust. No matter how much love there is floating around in there, if there's no trust, two people can drive each other crazy! (Remember Marcus and Angie in Why Did I Get Married?)

Well, my encouragement to both of us is this: Learn to trust the one you love, he's already saved your life, so obviously he has your best interest at heart.

Quit driving from the back seat. Let Him do his thing. He knows where to go and how to get there. Let Him do his thing!

Abraham’s Test of Faith

Sometime later, God tested Abraham’s faith. Abraham! God called. Yes, he replied. Here I am. Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you. The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. Stay here with the donkey, Abraham told the servants. The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back. Genesis