What Does It Mean to Feed Yourself Spiritually?
What Does Self-Feeding Involve?
In my first post on this topic, I asked the question, “Who feeds the missionaries spiritually?” My simple answer to that question: “We expect our missionaries to feed themselves!” Then in my second post, I looked at what the Bible has to say about self-feeding. We saw that there was all kinds of Biblical examples and Biblical support for individual believers taking the initiative to nourish their soul outside of what happens in the church meetings.
Now I would like to define more clearly what I mean by self-feeding. I think there are at least five critical elements:
1. Taking Responsibility.
Self-feeding means we take personal responsibility for making sure we are regularly nourished on the Word. If we feel spiritually under-nourished, we don’t assign primary blame to the church we are attending, but to ourselves. Responsible people are self-disciplined. Paul reminds Titus that those who… Read the whole post
Ken Guenther