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When you think about spiritual growth, what makes it seem difficult?
Hebrews 5:11-13 shows that effort and having daily, real-life experiences with Jesus are the missing pieces. When have you experienced spiritual growth because you took a step of effort or took a step to have an experience with Jesus? When have you had seasons that this wasn't happening, and what was keeping you from taking a step of effort or experience?
Read Hebrews 5:14. How have you grown through "constant use" of a truth, a discipline, or an experience with Jesus? Give a specific example! How much of this growth was reliant upon you working it out for yourself instead of waiting for someone else to do it for you?
Now re-read Hebrews 5:12. Who has been a teacher to you? Not because they sat you down with a lesson plan and taught you like a teacher to a student. But because they walked alongside you and helped show you who Jesus is throughout your life. What are examples of how they helped you and taught you?