BREAD CONFERENCE + CHRIST-LIKENESS
JOIN US AT BREAD THIS WEEKEND!
If it’s not too late, do come and join us this bank holiday weekend, in Yeovil, Somerset, for a powerful time seeking the Lord and hearing from epic speakers. All are welcome.
Full details below and a beautiful reflection from Dom on our journey towards Christ-likeness.
Our annual 3 day BREAD conference will focus on apostolic evangelism, prayer and more, with 4 workshops on the Sunday. Thea, Bobbi Kumari, Virginnia Logan, Dr Jonathan Oloyede, John Ghanim, Dr Joe Boot, myself and others will all be ministering. We anticipate immense worship, with Dwaine Morgan, Luca Vive and Hanah Scollen leading.
It promises to be a life-changing long weekend in the spirit. May we never be the same again for such a time as this. Please book so we can know the numbers, many blessings!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bread-conference-2025-tickets-1127307760859
In the meantime, here is some truth to feast on that will encourage you to be all that God has made you to be, for such a time as this.
Our journey into Christ-likeness.
God is less concerned with what you are doing for him and more concerned with whom you are becoming in Him. Holiness, christ-likeness, not achievement, is the great Christian crescendo.
Christian maturity is not based on achievement, the size of your ministry, church, how much you do for God, but by the degree you host the life of the Spirit and shun the working of the flesh. This translates to the life of Christ and His love as opposed to self, with its passions, desires and associated fears (Gal 5:24).
As a Christian, to be spiritual and not carnal involves refusing to take things personally or live by your emotions.
Being spiritual instead of carnal means choosing to live by the Spirit — not being ruled by emotions like pride, anger, fear, or offense.
That’s a choice which involves a holy death. Many deaths, daily deaths. Few succeed.
And a huge part of that is refusing to take things personally. To take things personally, ego must stay alive, rather than be crucified in Christ. To take things personally, you must make your identity and worth about you and your feelings as opposed to Christ in you, who God says you are, and how much He loves you.
When you’re anchored in the Spirit:
- Your identity isn’t based on how people treat you — it’s based on who God says you are.
- Your peace doesn’t rise and fall with circumstances — it’s steady because it’s rooted in Christ.
- You are not overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. You don’t let sin toward you, produce sin in you.
- You respond to challenges with grace rather than reacting out of the flesh.
Mediate on these Scriptures:
• “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16)
• “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1)
• “It is to one’s glory to overlook an offence.” (Proverbs 19:11)
In practice, spiritually thriving in difficult contexts like a broken family, an unhealthy church environment or a toxic work environment might look like:
• Staying calm when others are rude or difficult — because you know their behavior doesn’t define your worth and (with compassion) you know that they have forgotten who they truly are.
• Choosing forgiveness quickly, repeatedly, even when you could justify holding a grudge.
• Maintaining clear boundaries, being firm without being harsh — staying kind and clear.
• Letting the Holy Spirit guide your words, your posture, and even your silences.
This is hard! Other worldly. The flesh, the adamic nature will never cease wanting to lash out or defend itself. But each time you refuse to be pulled into the drama, you’re actually waging spiritual warfare in a very real and practical way.
The flesh loves drama.
• The flesh craves being right, vindicated, pitied, admired — while the Spirit calls us to die to ourselves, forgive quickly, seek peace, and stay humble.
• Some people have simply never been taught (or never chosen) to let the Spirit rule in those areas.
Drama de-escalation is a spiritual victory. Each time you refuse to be pulled into drama you have said “No, Satan, get under me”, crucified the flesh, the ego, and let the Holy Spirit rule.
Most people live from reaction to the world, people around them, darkness. Most people live from fleshy reaction and fear, whereas Jesus modelled a superior way: living in response to the father.
Every time you refuse to be pulled into drama, offence, anger, or emotional chaos, you are literally practicing crucifying the flesh — just like Paul talks about:
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:24)
And every time you choose:
- Peace over retaliation
- Patience over impulsiveness
- A soft word as opposed to shouting
- Gentle eyes over an intimidating, manipulative glare
- Kindness over sarcasm
- Forgiveness, mercy and grace, over record-keeping and punishment
- Silence over unnecessary defence
- Powerful communication over pouting and passive aggression
- Joy over depression
- Prayer over complaining
- Thanksgiving over worry and criticism
— you are letting the Holy Spirit rule over your ego.
It’s not passive.
It’s powerful spiritual warfare — because you’re refusing to let the enemy use your emotions to trap you.
It’s how we become strong in the Spirit. Like sharpening a sword:
Each time you de-escalate drama instead of feeding it, you eradicate soul-ish living and you train your soul to submit to the Spirit faster, easier, more naturally.
Over time, it actually becomes your first instinct, not your second. This is the spiritual maturity of contentment, stability, Christ-likeness.
By Dominic Muir.