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Key Bible Verse: You have been Christians a long time now, and you ought to be teaching others. Instead … you are like babies Hebrews 5:12-13. Bonus Reading: Colossians 1:9b-10

I knew that I'd just married an incredibly principled, moral young woman. But after bringing Dawn to Fort Benning, I was seeing it on a daily basis.

This connected with what had happened with Kurt Smith, a close friend in our Ranger reconnaissance regiment. In the spring he'd gone home on leave—and returned radically changed. He'd turned his life over to Jesus Christ, and it clearly showed. Right away his language changed for the better, his music choices cleaned up, and his general attitude brightened. He began telling others in the detachment about Christ and what a difference he'd brought to his life. It was unmistakable.

I had to admit that although I'd been a declared Christian for nearly a decade, my daily life didn't reflect it. I looked at the way Kurt acted and felt guilty. Then I went home at night to Dawn and sensed more of the same.

The two of them, without lecturing in any way, were shining a spotlight on my inconsistencies. I was definitely rough around the edges, behaving pretty much the way most young enlisted men in the army behave. I'd lie in bed at night and think, God, I'm not matching up to these two at all.[continued 1/29]

—Jeff Streucker in The Road to Unafraid

My Response: Here's how my growth trajectory since becoming a disciple could graph:

Adapted from The Road to Unafraid (W Publishing, 2006) by permission.

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May you receive glory and praise, Father, because the faith I claim and the life I live square up.

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