What does it mean to be deeply committed Christians, growing in faith every day? How do we become fully engaged and flourishing in the Christian life? In this series, we explore a model for Christian discipleship built around five essential practices that we engage in both collectively and individually in order to more fully follow Jesus.
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Many of us attend worship services in-person or online, but how would you define worship? Why is it so important to worship for Jesus followers?
During Lent, we are focusing on the five essential practices of the Christian life highlighted in Adam Hamilton’s book, The Walk: worship, study, serve, give and share. This week, we explored “study,” learning and growing from the way God is revealed in nature, art, and life, as well as in the Scripture. This is a practice of training ourselves to listen for God’s voice so we can better follow our Good Shepherd.
If you have ever volunteered to do something for which you felt totally unqualified, then you already know what an experience like that can do for your faith. One of the primary ways God grows our faith is through serving others.
Are you mastering your money or being mastered by it? Maybe it’s time to adjust your approach. Instead of striving to have enough money to satisfy a me-first appetite, Jesus encouraged his listeners to have an others-first approach.
From the earliest days of the church until today, people become followers of Jesus in the exact same way: through an invitation. But many people today are uncomfortable sharing their faith for various reasons and they believe that their faith is private. So why does a fully devoted follower of Jesus need to share their faith?
Over the last five weeks, we have studied five essential practices of the Christian life – worship, study, serving, giving, and sharing. And the goal of this series has been to close the gap between the Christians we are and the Christians God wants us to become by focusing on these spiritual practices. That all sounds good, but why are these practices so significant? Are they necessary?