I was recently challenged by these words; The day I stop growing is the day I stop living. For old people, it often happens that they stop growing when they lose their curiosity and no longer ask questions. They can think they know all there is to know.

John Maxwell said, “If experience is the best teacher, we would all be getting better the older we get. I know many people who are getting older but not getting better. It is EVALUATED experience that helps us get better, Reflection turns experience into insight. Don’t tell people what you have learned, make sure you tell them what you are doing …

(96) “THE POWER OF REPETITION”

The Argentinian pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz stood up to preach one Sunday and read three words of Jesus, “Love one another.” Then he sat down. After a few minutes Ortiz got up and again said, “Love one another” and sat down. The congregation began to stir nervously. So, Ortiz got up a third time and said, “Love one another” and sat down.

A man in the front row leaned over to the next man and said, “Is there anything I can do for you?” Gradually people from across the congregation began to reach out to one another to share and pray and cry and give …

(91)  “NEVER A DULL MOMENT”

As I write this WORDS, I am daily attending a cancer centre, where for 35 consecutive weekdays I am undergoing radiotherapy for cancer in my body. The thought of driving to and from the Cancer Centre to go through a precise medical procedure that is supervised by trained staff, was not something I was looking forward to; until I read of Paul’s experiences in a Roman jail as explained in his letter to the Philippians.

Paul wrote, “And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For …

So important is this subject, growing to our maximum potential that I have been encouraged to write a second article on the subject GROW ON…..don’t just go on.
Follow link to Part 1:   GROW ON……..don’t just go on.(1) | Rod Denton

And I am writing to people who have yet to realise that they have been :-

1. Created to grow
   “For we are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
   Our potential is God’s gift to us; what we do with our potential is our gift to God. If I was told at a younger age