I am a spiritual thing.

“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”-Jesus of Nazareth

Our relationship with God will be seen and felt by those around us. If it is strong, others will see Christ in us, if it is lukewarm, others may not list “Christ-follower” as a description of us. This is why having a real relationship with God is vital to one’s own life and to one’s ministry. But how is this relationship grown? Through inner spirituality. This is where one’s relationship with Christ takes place. And according to Thomas Kelly, this spirituality is nurtured by the practice of thinking about God and talking to him constantly. Kelly writes that this will at first be “awkward and painful” as it is quite difficult to keep Christ in one’s mind all of the time. But that is where that amazing capabilities of our brain come in. We have the ability to think on different “levels” at the same time. Because of this, we must make Christ the focus of a deep level, even while other things demand our attention on a more superficial level. When we have this constant relationship with God in practice, it will impact every action that we do. It will change the way we talk, the way we reckon, and the way we love. Our spirituality is the basis by which we live.