“Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. After His incarnation He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them toward the maturity of divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent as if in an ikon.” IfsWayStillsChristianSpiritualPerfectMysteryDivinePerfectionFleshFeaturesMaturityProphetVisibleOrthodoxIncarnationOrthodox ChristianBeginnersAdventLogos Author:Maximus the Confessor
“God...doesn't intend to help us live the Christian life. Immaturity considers the Lord Jesus a Helper. Maturity knows Him to be life itself.” KnowsLifeGodHelpingChristianSpiritualJesusReligiousLordChristian InspirationalChristian LifeMaturityMatureTrust In GodSpiritual WisdomGod Within UsImmaturityHelpersGod Help MeSpiritual Maturity Author:Miles J. Stanford
“Faithfully caring for the poor and needy is a reflection of spiritual maturity.” SpiritualPoorReflectionCaringMaturityNeedySpiritual MaturityCaring For The Poor Author:Dean M. Davies
“Conversion is in its essence a normal adolescent phenomenon, incidental to the passage from the child's small universe to the wider intellectual and spiritual life of maturity.” ChildrenSpiritualUniverseNormalIntellectualEssenceConversionMaturityPhenomenonPassagesSpiritual Life Book:The William James Reader Source: The William James Reader
“The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actuality, however; it accomplishes the opposite by nurturing a permanent dependence of the laity on the clergy. Clergy become to their congregations like parents whose children never grow up, like therapists whose clients never become healed, like teachers whose students never graduate.” ChildrenSelfSpiritualPurposeGrowsParentGoalChurchGrowing UpTeacherStudentsOppositesValuableAccomplishProfessionPermanentMaturityGraduatesClientsNurtureDependenceHealedNurturingTherapistsCongregationClergyActualitySpiritual Maturity Author:Christian Smith
“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensSelfSometimesMomentsSpiritualBitsStepsTakenVictoryLittle BitDenialTriumphMaturityAccomplishmentLittle ThingsInwardFaithfulnessConquerorSmall StepsSpiritual MaturityDespondent Author:Amy Carmichael
“Happy is that mother whose ability to help her children continues on from babyhood and manhood into maturity. Blessed is the son who need not leave his mother at the threshold of the world's activities, but may always and everywhere have her blessing and her help. Thrice blessed are the son and the mother between whom there exists an association not only physical and affectional, but spiritual and intellectual, and broad and wise as is the scope of each being.” WorldNeedsMayChildrenHelpingSpiritualMotherAbilityWiseSonBlessingActivityIntellectualBlessedMotherhoodMaturityBroadsAssociationManhoodScopeThresholdThriceBabyhood Author:Lydia Hoyt Farmer
“Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.” SpiritualSpiritualityJourneyYouthMaturitySpiritual Journey Author:Francis Bacon
“Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.” SpiritualBoundsObedienceMaturitySpiritual Maturity Author:John Bevere