Let God be your motivation! You want to be in the best shape you can be to be able to face anything He has in store for you. Whether it's an intense ministry calling or raising a God dependent family.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A Runner's Prayer
I literally just found this on Pinterest (which I am completely addicted to by the way). Once I finish all of the paintings/art projects I have backlogged from other people this will be the first piece of art I paint for myself! (I absolutely want the words, not sure how the rest will look) but I just had to share this!
Let God be your motivation! You want to be in the best shape you can be to be able to face anything He has in store for you. Whether it's an intense ministry calling or raising a God dependent family.
Let God be your motivation! You want to be in the best shape you can be to be able to face anything He has in store for you. Whether it's an intense ministry calling or raising a God dependent family.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Daily To-Do List
Today in my small group Bible study (and when I say small group I mean currently it's 2-3 people, but that does not mean there is any lack of depth to our conversations) we started a short study to confront some very common arguments against Christianity.
We talked about a lot but one major thing that stuck in my head was that our Christian daily checklist....aka read the Bible, pray and going to church (which most of the time isn't daily but still makes the to-do list). This list isn't what gets you saved from your sins, it is what you do because you are so completely in LOVE with Christ because of who He is and what He has done for you that you do those things. I have mentioned this before but I struggle doing these things. I want to but I literally forget. Then, when I remember when the last time I read my Bible (outside of the church) I feel guilty and a whole lot of other depressing emotions. Well, what I thought about today was that all of us have a primary love language. (based off of the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman<-- Great book if you haven't read it already)
My top love language is quality time, which I am sure I learned and developed because my parents went out of their way (like 20 hours out of their way some times) to spend such a short amount of time physically with me. Another one that was close to the top was gifts. I LOVE giving meaningful gifts and it means SO much to me when someone spends time thinking and pondering what to give me. (for example, I was talking to a friend at church a while ago and when he said he was playing his ukulele the other night I mentioned how much I always wanted one. He happened to be my secret Santa at Christmas and actually gave me a ukulele!). Since God created all of us with these unique love languages He must speak in all of them. I actually think that all five of the love languages are God's top languages. With that thought, each thing on our Christian to-do list hits one or more of those love languages so that we are speaking each one back to Him. When we are serving others, that is acts of service. When we sing or praise God, that is words of affirmation. When we go to church and fellowship with other Christians this is quality time. I'm sure you get the idea. Well, make sure that you are speaking to God in His love languages (which is all of them).
We talked about a lot but one major thing that stuck in my head was that our Christian daily checklist....aka read the Bible, pray and going to church (which most of the time isn't daily but still makes the to-do list). This list isn't what gets you saved from your sins, it is what you do because you are so completely in LOVE with Christ because of who He is and what He has done for you that you do those things. I have mentioned this before but I struggle doing these things. I want to but I literally forget. Then, when I remember when the last time I read my Bible (outside of the church) I feel guilty and a whole lot of other depressing emotions. Well, what I thought about today was that all of us have a primary love language. (based off of the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman<-- Great book if you haven't read it already)
My top love language is quality time, which I am sure I learned and developed because my parents went out of their way (like 20 hours out of their way some times) to spend such a short amount of time physically with me. Another one that was close to the top was gifts. I LOVE giving meaningful gifts and it means SO much to me when someone spends time thinking and pondering what to give me. (for example, I was talking to a friend at church a while ago and when he said he was playing his ukulele the other night I mentioned how much I always wanted one. He happened to be my secret Santa at Christmas and actually gave me a ukulele!). Since God created all of us with these unique love languages He must speak in all of them. I actually think that all five of the love languages are God's top languages. With that thought, each thing on our Christian to-do list hits one or more of those love languages so that we are speaking each one back to Him. When we are serving others, that is acts of service. When we sing or praise God, that is words of affirmation. When we go to church and fellowship with other Christians this is quality time. I'm sure you get the idea. Well, make sure that you are speaking to God in His love languages (which is all of them).
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