LUKE 1:80 IS ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT! LUKE 2:40 IS ABOUT JESUS GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT!!!!!! 80 And the little boy grew and became strong in spirit; and he was in the deserts (wilderness) until the day of his appearing to Israel [the commencement of his public ministry]. LUKE 1:80 40 And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. LUKE 2:40 SAINTS OF GOD WE HAVE TO GROW STRONG IN SPIRIT!!!! EVERY TRIAL AND EVERY TRIBULATION, AS WELL AS THE SUFFERING OF TEMPTATIONS, PROVIDES YOU OPPORTUNITY FOR FAITH TO GROW, FOR YOUR SPIRIT TO MATURE!!! (1 PETER 1:6-7) REJOICE IN YOUR PRESENT TRIALS, KNOWING THAT IT IS WORKING TO THE INCREASE AND PURITY OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD AND IN HIS WORD!!!!!! KNOW THAT THE TRIAL IS MATURING YOU IN SPIRIT!!!!! SOME PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT WE AS GOD'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHEREBY, WE MATURE IN SPIRIT!!! WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? FIRST IT IS YOU CONSUMING GOD'S WORD WITH SUCH HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HE FILLS YOU WITH MORE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!!! GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS HIS RIGHT STANDING IN CHRIST JESUS AND IT IS HIS PEACE!!!! THAT PEACE IS UNSHAKABLE AND UNMOVABLE!!! SPIRITUAL MATURITY RESULTS AS YOUR SPIRIT MAN IS LARGER THAN YOUR FLESH!! YOU ARE NOT THROWN AND TOSSED HERE AND THERE BY THE STORMS THAT COME YOUR WAY, BUT YOU ARE UNDER THE SHADOW OF GOD ALMIGHTY, IN THE POWER OF HIS COVENANT, HIS TESTIMONY-THE WORD!!!!!!! JOHN THE BAPTIST WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GO INTO THE CALL HAD HE NOT FIRST MATURED AND GROWN STRONG IN SPIRIT!!!! EVEN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS SINCE, HE WAS SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN!!!! JESUS LEARNED OBEDIENCE THROUGH WHAT HE SUFFERED!!! THAT IS GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT!!!!! GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT IS LEARNING OBEDIENCE THROUGH WHAT WE SUFFER!! GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT IS ALLOWING THE WORD TO BE LARGER IN US BY GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT THAN OUR FLESH!!!!!! 8 Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered 9 And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him, 10 Being designated and recognized and saluted by God as High Priest after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. HEBREWS 5:8-10 AMP IN THE MIDST OF OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, WE ARE LEARNING OBEDIENCE UNTO THE LORD GOD!!!! THIS IS MAKING US PERFECTLY EQUIPPED IN THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD!!!! ALLOW GOD TO CONTINUE TO TAKE YOU FROM GLORY TO GLORY AS YOU MATURE IN SPIRIT, LEARNING OBEDIENCE IN YOUR SUFFERING!!!! BE ENCOURAGED AND KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH YOU AND FOR YOU!!!!! GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU!!!! GOD BLESS! ROBIN

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