Wake up from your spiritual stupor!

Simply put: prioritize the spiritual side of your life. From fully engaging in the Body of Christ (your local church), to faithful Bible reading, discipleship, and more. Don’t neglect to make intentional effort toward your own spiritual growth.

There are consequences to the resurrection, both positive and negative. What are they? What if Jesus didn’t rise from the grave? What if He did?

Christmas turns our attention to His birth.

Jesus, was born to die so that we might have life.

God obviously isn’t going to place His Son in your care, but as Christian parents, we have a great responsibility to live out our Christian faith in our homes as we strive to “bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4b).

There are many exhortations in Proverbs that teach us that planning is a wise thing. Reading those (some are at the bottom of this blog), alongside 1 Timothy 4:7 says, train yourself for the purpose of godliness, we can know that the Lord is honored when we’re intentional to plan for our spiritual growth rather than just haphazardly going through life hoping to see improvement.

One of the accusations that is made about cessationists is that we’re those “Father, Son, and Holy BIBLE” people. This is a silly accusation because it pits the Holy Spirit against the very Scriptures He inspired men to write. It’s a ridiculously false dichotomy. One of the things the Spirit does is to point us TO the Scriptures. There’s no conflict between following Scripture and following the Spirit.

The Lord’s Table is one of two ordinances that the Lord left us. Initiating it on the night before He died, Jesus intends for us to regularly come to the table, eat the bread, and drink the cup. In doing so, we remember all that He did for us, from the incarnation to the ascension. It’s a solemn celebration.

While there are a variety of lists of spiritual disciplines, and I’m sure they all have merit, the one I’ve preferred for many years is found in Donald Whitney’s book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. It’s one of the most practical books I’ve ever read when it comes to pursuing spiritual growth.

In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul shows us that freedom exists in a balance between two errors: legalism on one side, and license on the other. In the middle is Passionate freedom. Paul gives us an example to pursue in three distinct passions.

Church membership isn’t just a casual thing. It’s a covenant commitment that God has designed for His glory and our sanctification, which leads to a deep, abiding joy as we engage in biblical community.

There are 47 One Anothers in the New Testament. If we were to all make a concerted effort toward each of them, it would be a significant impact on each other, and the watching world.

While God has called some to singleness, for the majority of us, God’s plan includes marriage at some point in the future. If that’s you, then you’re going to have to find a spouse at some point. The Bible’s teaching on marriage begins in Genesis where God lays out the foundational framework of one man married to one woman for life.

Sometimes, I think we have such a skewed view that what should actually be normal, we call “radical.” And truthfully, our obedience should be radical to the world. We should live, act, and think radically different from the world.

As you think about your testimony of God’s Grace in your life, this blog is intended to be a guide to help you write it out. If you read through the Scriptures, then answer the question, explaining your experience of God’s grace in that area, you’ll have a great first draft. Go back through it a time or two, making it your own, and you’ll be there!

I love the Analog Bible concept. I truly do appreciate all the digital bible resources we have today. I use a very complex bible study software program, and its quite helpful, but for my EDC (every day carry) - it’s hard to compete with an Analog Bible.

Rather than something out of the ordinary that we have to make special preparations for, hospitality should be a normal thing. We should pursue a regular rhythm of welcoming people into our home so that it just becomes part of who we are.

Psalm 1 speaks of the walk and path of the godly man. Psalm 2 shows us that the Psalms are about Jesus, the One who reigns upon His throne!

I think most of us are busier than we should be. We’re overworked, super-stressed, and often spiritually malnourished. We tend to exceed our bandwidth capacity. Maybe we overload the time category, emotional, mental, even the physical. I think “spiritual bandwidth” is a category as well.

Paul writes these words to the Ephesian church encouraging them to walk worthy, which means pursuing unity, understanding diversity, and striving for sanctification and spiritual maturity.