Being a Follower of Christ is not a self-help plan, but it is a selfimprovement plan. Our improvement comes because of Christ through our abiding in Him. We abide in Him through time in scripture and in prayer and we do our best. He is the one who does the rest. One thing being a Follow of Christ does share with most self-help plans?
It does not work if we put no effort into it! We don’t just invite Jesus into our life and then sit in a chair and wait for the magic to happen.
He calls us and we respond. Maybe shyly, maybe clumsily, but we respond, nonetheless.