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I am asked a lot by folks who want to grow in faith "What do I need to do to be _______?"... I usually reply well, what are you doing to grow? That is where the answer is. I see many people as wanting to grow big but not dying to the things that make them big. In the years I coached football the hardest thing to see was players with talent but no work ethic. The lack of persistent work and working through rough spots just left them as players with talent but no character. Then comes the test in a game... a hard down conversion, a big play from the other team and it is your character that responds, not your talent. Will you do the right thing, hard thing in a hard situation? You only know when you're in it. So when I am asked what do i need to do to be a ______ christian? The answer that works is... whatever it takes. What is the deepest most gut wrenching desire of you existence? If it is God you will develop the character and persistence to get there. If God is not that most basic need then you will keep bumping into that question... What do you need to do to be a __________ . 

John 12:23-25 (New International Version)

 ²³Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. ²⁵The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

It is a tall order but not impossible, the greatest forward leap is when you are just honest with God and ask Him to stir up that passion again. So seek Him now and see what He does...

... I think you'll be surprised!

Shalom