Our culture is addicted to excitement, passion, and risk, and this culture has crept into the spirituality of many Christians and churches. We long for ecstatic experiences with God and for the extraordinary. However, what the Lord desires for His church is to become a powerful presence through being faithful in the seemingly ordinary.
Read MoreTitle: Radiant Face
Text: Exodus 34:29-35
Summary:
We learned last week that we must first imitate Him if we are to make an impact worthy of our faith that truly reflects His love and grace. As we understand the importance of us first being impacted by God, we lean into the story of Moses when He encountered God’s glory. Our own encounters with God are evidenced in our radiant faces. Are we willing to climb the mountain? Are we willing to consecrate ourselves?
Philippians 3:13-14
We want to properly usher in the year 2023. Today, we commit to release the past, ready the present, and reach for what is ahead of us. At the same time, we remind ourselves that we live for eternity.
Luke 2:8-14
On this Christmas Sunday, we worship together with our children. As Jesus is the ultimate gift to us—God made a special provision that we did not deserve but we absolutely needed. So what do you do with such an amazing gift? Today, we learn the proper response to God’s amazing gift to us.
What is the greatest enemy of spiritual life in our day? It isn’t immorality, corruption, or debauchery, rather, we are habitually too preoccupied to be still before God—to commune with Him and be continuously transformed by Him. Sadly, “we are distracting ourselves to spiritual oblivion.” Today, we explore the importance of the discipline (practice) of silence.
Read MoreMark 1:29-31
Gratitude not only leads to giving thanks but it also leads to serving. Today, we look into the story of Simon’s mother-in-law and what her response was when Jesus healed of her illness. Her gratitude led to serving. What can we do in the areas which we are thankful for? How can we further express our gratitude toward different relationships and circles which we belong to? Today, we go from thanksgiving to serving!
One of the characteristics of being a Christian is living a life of humility. The scripture promises that God shows His favor to those who live a humble life.
Today, we learn how to be humble and pray to God in humility through the experience that Solomon had in his early age as a king.
Read MoreWe continue to explore what it means to be an interdependent community. We learned last week that we are called to commune together as evident in Acts 2. Today, we study the importance of authentically close relationship that is Christ-centered. We ought to fight against superficiality and seek to go deeper. Today, we explore through 5 marks of intimacy that we should look and strive for at home and at church.
Read MoreActs 2:42-47
What defines a community? What does a God-centered, healthy community of faith look like? Today, we explore the meaning of interdependence—symbiotic relationship where the health of parties engaged are reliant on the participation (cooperation) of the others. Acts 2 church is a great model for us as we pray to be a community that is filled with the sense of awe as the Holy Spirit ministers to and through us.
We continue our talk on abide, life with God. Apostle John is quite descriptive in admonishing us that there is no life apart from Jesus. No grand affairs of our own will amount to anything significant if we aren’t found firmly rooted in Christ. Today, we explore the importance of spiritual rhythms that lead to vivacious faith life. It is time for us to reclaim intimacy with God that may have been lost during this Covid season.
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