"When I decided to follow Christ, a shift took place in my life that rattled my soul in the best kind of way. I made a commitment to 'clean up my act' and 'study the Bible.' I had a checklist in my head that contained all the right and wrong things a Christian woman should do. And, boy, did I ever pursue trying to be a good Christian woman!" Lysa TerKeurst from "Becoming More than a Good Bible Study Girl"
Thank you once again for joining us, this week we look at Chapter 4, "Beyond Sunday Morning." Think about those words - beyond...Sunday...morning - they hit home for me! Beyond means lasting longer, going past, so ask yourself this question, "Do you desire your experience at church (worshipping your creator and being filled with His Spirit) to go beyond Sunday morning? I do, but experience tells me that won't happen naturally!
No, in reality life happens and I'm tempted to blow it before we make it home (and we only live a couple miles from church!!) And the truth is little kids or not, what we receive Sunday morning will not sustain us for the week. Though God uses our Sunday morning experience, He doesn't want it to - remember He wants a personal relationship with us and that requires spending time with Him!!
Like Lysa says, "we'll never grow to our full potential unless we jump in and get serious about studying Scripture. There are three things we need to do when we read and study the Bible for ourselves: pray, discover the context, and read the passage phrase by phrase."
She goes on to share about Paul, a man transformed into a passionate follower of Christ. One who "understood how to get beyond church just being a routine and into living every day totally sold out to God."
Have you been transformed? How do you take church beyond Sunday morning? If you have children, how do you help your kids move past the "church routine?" Please do share, we can grow together as we hear from one another! Remember you don't need a blog, simply click on comments and post anonymously - we look forward to hearing from you!
Rise and Shine friends and keep praying, "God, I ask now, and I'll keep asking, that You give me a Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so I can know you better. I pray that the eyes of my heart may be enlightened that I may know the hope to which you have called me, the riches of your glorious inheritance in the saints, and Your incomparably great power for us who believe. In Jesus name, Amen"
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The Bible encourages us (requires us) as Christians to keep Christ in the home, raise our children up in the way they should go. In our home, we talk about Christ each day, the little miracles we see, how God has put people in our path each day so that we can be blessed and bless others. Make sure your children have a Bible they can relate to and give them verses to memorize, help the Bible come alive for them. It really is a great story! Share your faith with your children, reveal to them God's power in your life and how God so wants to fill their lives with abundance and love. Most importantly, ask God to help you direct and guide your children to be children filled with faith and love for Christ!
ReplyDeleteWas member of some churches that had fluffy, short sermons, so it became easy to just mark it off and go on with life even though I felt empty. Now I am a member of a church that "preaches the Word of God". It is more than just a sermon-It is a Bible Study! I am getting spiritually fed and can continue carrying the Word during the week, especially since we are to memorize the scripture as we go along. I get hungry for God's Word during the week, also.
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