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 MoreWhat 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 MoreOne 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 MoreWe 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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