Drifting into the Word - 17 days to go.
"Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us."
(2 Tim 3:17)
The other day I was really impressed/encouraged/challenged by a friend of mine, James.
As we drove back from house group he said that he had begun going to bed earlier. “Oh yeah” I said, trying to sound polite as I had no idea where he was going with this. Then he explained why.
He was feeling frustrated that he didn’t feel his faith had grown at all over the last year. As he prayed about this he felt God saying to him, "well it’s hardly surprising; you don’t spend any time with me. My Word is there to instruct you and build you up all the time."
Reasonably, he tried to explain [to God!] the reasons behind this; he was a single parent after all and just didn’t have the time or energy to sit down and read his Bible after everything had been done … As he used this objection he realised that it was a false excuse.
So he decided, rather than sitting in front of the TV all evening, he’d start going to bed early (9:30ish, about an hour and half after his boys) and read the Bible and pray until he drifted off to sleep. How awesome is that!
Let the Word of Christ - the Message - have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives - words, actions, whatever - be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.
(Col 3:16-17)
The count down to FUSION continues.
It’s going to be a great weekend. I have been getting stuff ready for it and I just know that it is God getting ready to delight in some prime time with us ….. so that he can send us out to shine in the world. When a fusion occurs, it’s bright. I can tell you now, as James told us about his new routine, it was brightly written all over him. Praise the Lord!
(2 Tim 3:17)
The other day I was really impressed/encouraged/challenged by a friend of mine, James.
As we drove back from house group he said that he had begun going to bed earlier. “Oh yeah” I said, trying to sound polite as I had no idea where he was going with this. Then he explained why.
He was feeling frustrated that he didn’t feel his faith had grown at all over the last year. As he prayed about this he felt God saying to him, "well it’s hardly surprising; you don’t spend any time with me. My Word is there to instruct you and build you up all the time."
Reasonably, he tried to explain [to God!] the reasons behind this; he was a single parent after all and just didn’t have the time or energy to sit down and read his Bible after everything had been done … As he used this objection he realised that it was a false excuse.
So he decided, rather than sitting in front of the TV all evening, he’d start going to bed early (9:30ish, about an hour and half after his boys) and read the Bible and pray until he drifted off to sleep. How awesome is that!
Let the Word of Christ - the Message - have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives - words, actions, whatever - be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.
(Col 3:16-17)
The count down to FUSION continues.
It’s going to be a great weekend. I have been getting stuff ready for it and I just know that it is God getting ready to delight in some prime time with us ….. so that he can send us out to shine in the world. When a fusion occurs, it’s bright. I can tell you now, as James told us about his new routine, it was brightly written all over him. Praise the Lord!
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