Tag Archives: spiritual growth

How to Overcome “That Guy”

Posted on February 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Have you ever crashed head-on into the old you, and discovered how much you dislike that worldly, self-absorbed person? I have. And, truth be told, there’s still far too much of him in me. 1% would … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago Today

Posted on October 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Ten years ago, my life changed. I’d been trying “forever” to make movies, believing it was something God had called me to do. But I simply didn’t have the funds. So I got a bunch of talented … Continue reading →

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Are You Rootbound?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Trees that outgrow their planters become rootbound–strangled by their own roots, unable to grow, unable to take in nutrients. Solution? First, remove the tree from its container. Second, trim away the unhealthy roots. Third, place it … Continue reading →

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Happy New You!

Posted on January 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

I became a Jesus follower in my mid-20s, and have spent much of my life since sharing his life-transforming message. And yet some old patterns of thinking and behaving, some of the old person, persisted. It was as if I … Continue reading →

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More Like Him

Posted on December 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

“We are His children, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.” ~1 John 3:2

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My Spiritual Growth Plan

Posted on November 6, 2022 by mitchteemley
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Ten Ways Small Groups Can Save You

Posted on September 21, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Colleen Scheid. Full disclosure: Colleen is a long-time personal friend; we live just minutes away from each other and have been members of the same writers group for years. But featuring her here is … Continue reading →

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Faith Is More…

Posted on August 14, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” ~Ephesians 4:15 “Now this is eternal life: that they my know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, … Continue reading →

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Thank God for Trials?

Posted on November 23, 2018 by mitchteemley

    “Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you fall into various trials,  because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may become mature and … Continue reading →

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