https://clmbooks.org/tags/spiritual-growth/Recent content in Spiritual Growth on Christian Living Ministries BooksHugo -- gohugo.ioen&copy; 2026 Christian Living MinistriesSun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clmbooks.org/growing-a-godly-life-series/pursuing-a-holy-lifestyle/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clmbooks.org/growing-a-godly-life-series/pursuing-a-holy-lifestyle/<em>Pursuing a Holy Lifestyle</em> is Book 3 in the <em>Growing a Godly Life</em> devotional series by Ron Christian. The booklet maintains that God’s saving work addresses both outward sinful actions and the inward problem of self-centeredness, pride, and rebellion. Ron Christian presents holiness as the work of the Holy Spirit, beginning with conversion and continuing through full surrender, inward cleansing, and daily growth in Christlike character. The work contends that sanctification is not merely separation from sin, but a positive life of love, obedience, humility, prayer, moral integrity, and dependence on the Spirit’s power. Through devotional reflections, Scripture passages, prayers, affirmations, and discussion questions, the booklet calls believers to let Christ rule the heart, surrender the “self,” control the tongue, resist hypocrisy and compromise, and pursue purity in thought, attitude, speech, and conduct. Its central message is that a holy lifestyle is not achieved by human effort alone, but by continual surrender to Christ and the transforming presence of the Holy Spirit.