(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s the Lord’s will for each of us to reach perfection—or spiritual maturity. To that end, He has provided many resources for us. This divine objective is vital because a local church is no better than the people who make up that congregation. In fact, the church is the people, right? It follows then that in order for the local church—or the body of Christ at large—to mature, individual believers must move forward in their relationship with the Lord. Whenever we are confronted with a challenge, we first must understand the problem before we can come up with the