I was really challenged and convicted last week at the Resource! Seminar at Rochester College. It was an incredible three days of worship, teaching, and encouragement.
One of the things I was really convicted about is that we as a community are not as serious about studying the Bible as we should be. This is not to say that we don’t study the Bible, but I think we can raise the bar.
If we are going to be serious about spiritual formation and the quest to be Christ-shaped people, we must dedicate time and energy to engaging the Word of God. It must be one of the core aspects of who we are as a family of believers.
This is not to say that Bible classes need to be boring or just filling out paperwork, but we need to be about the task of digging into the Bible for the valuable messages it contains. There is so much wisdom that goes unrealized because we so often just skim the surface.
I wonder if one of the reasons we struggle living out the message of Jesus is because we don’t really know it all that well. I wonder if we would reflect the nature of God more if we committed serious time to learning about His character as reflected in Scripture.
This is a call. It is a call to me. It is a call to parents. It is a call to students. This is a call from God for us to make time for spiritual disciplines. It is a call to be serious about following Jesus. It is a call to become who God created us to be in the first place.
shine!
Jason
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We've been focusing a lot on spiritual disciplines at church lately. Our lives seem so busy, especially here in the U.S. northeast, that time never seems available for prayer, fasting, bible reading, bible study, memorization, etc. It is all so important to our spiritual growth, though.
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