Six Ways to Know if You’re an Emotionally Immature Christian
Emotional immaturity more commonly shows up later, after the honeymoon period. Remember what Jim Florentine told us back in Chapter 1: “Most people are on their best behavior in the beginning. They hide it well until around the six-month mark.” I agree, people hide their emotional immaturity.
Shawn T. Smith • The Tactical Guide to Women: How Men Can Manage Risk in Dating and Marriage
WE TOLERATE EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY
Peter Scazzero • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation
Spiritual maturity means more confession, not less. Maturity is discovering the depths of my personal brand of fallenness and the depths to which God’s grace has really penetrated, even without me knowing it.
Tim Mackie • Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools
you’re not going to get very far down the path of Christian maturity in your emotional life if you don’t bring every emotion to Him—the
Mason King • A Short Guide to Spiritual Disciplines: How to Become a Healthy Christian
There are two parts to doing this. The first half of this mental shift is to stop thinking immature thoughts, which are self-centered and self-seeking. The Bible says, “Stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.”
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
We take the first steps towards maturity by determining some of the ways in which our emotional minds deny, lie, evade, forget and obsess, steering us towards goals that won’t deliver the satisfaction of which we’re initially convinced. A readiness to mitigate the worst of our everyday foolishness contributes to the highest kind of emotional intell
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