Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Growth’
Engage // Part 6: Worship
What Do You Worship? Let’s take a test real quick. Ask yourself these three questions: What’s the one thing that you’ve thought about most this week? What’s something that you desire more than anything right now? What’s the thing that you’ve talked about most recently? The answer to those few questions will likely show you…
Read MoreEngage // Part 5: Evangelism
Letting Go of the Fear of Failure "You’ve failed." Ouch. Words that no one ever wants to hear. Failure hurts, it stings, and it usually sits with you for a while. Unfortunately, failure can also keep us from trying again or attempting something that may be uncomfortable or hard. This can happen when we try…
Read MoreEngage // Part 4: Missions
Why Missions is Important When many people, churched and unchurched, think of the word "missions," they think of missionaries. They think of those who spend their lives overseas, sharing the Gospel with people in unreached places. Yes, these missionaries are incredible – and they understand and are living out the Great Commission of going and…
Read MoreEngage // Part 3: Ministry
Using Your Skills for the Kingdom Think about a time that you were given a role. It could have been on a sports team, in a theatre production, in your workplace, or even in your family. Based on your skills and abilities, your coach, teammate, boss, friend, or family member gave you a particular role…
Read MoreEngage // Part 2: Discipleship
One Step at a Time Trying something new can be extremely scary. None of us like to try and fail, feel uncomfortable, or make a wrong step. We may desire to take steps of faith for the sake of Christ, yet our fears and worries keep us from moving forward towards God’s good and perfect…
Read MoreEngage // Part 1: Community
Engage 40-Day Reading Plan The Power of Community God has created us just as we were meant to be. He gave us a particular hair color, certain interests and talents, specific desires and dreams. He created us just as we are because He has a plan and purpose for us – and one of the ways…
Read MoreA Beautiful Life // Part 8: Confident in Christ
Lesser Gods What’s the idol in your life? Is there something that you put on a pedestal? Something that is so important that you couldn’t imagine living without it? Whether we realize it (or admit it) or not, we all have idols in our lives. We all have things, people, or ideas that we put…
Read MoreA Beautiful Life // Part 7: Full of Faith
Our Victory When we talk with older, wiser people who have lived through many different things, we have this inclination to want to lean in and listen to what they have to say. We want to listen to the lessons they’ve learned, the ways they’ve grown in their faith, and the stories of challenges they…
Read MoreA Beautiful Life // Part 6: Possess Discernment
Be on Guard, Christian Think back to a time when you got fooled by someone or something. Whether that’s a junk email that fools us into clicking, an advertisement that promotes something that isn’t all that it seems, or a person who tells us something that ends up being untrue, we sometimes need help determining…
Read MoreA Beautiful Life // Part 5: Filled with Love
The Distinguishing Mark of a Christ-Follower A Beautiful Life is one that is filled with love. It’s a life that overflows with the love of Christ that, consequently, pours into everything else that we do. In the book of 1 John, the apostle John uses the word love 42 times. That’s a whole lot of…
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