Last week in class we discussed the modern tendency to pursue "balance in our lives."
You'll recall that Ortberg, in his book, casts this "balancing act" as a 21st Century middle class activity and not something that is necessarily Biblical.
Instead, God calls us to a "well-ordered life" where we are pursuing the right things in the right way at the right time in the right spirit.
Are you struggling with the "balancing act"? Are you trying to compartmentalize your spiritual life so it balances with everything else? This can be frustrating for a Christian aspiring for transformation.
Instead, make an intentional effort to permeate your entire life with the spiritual component.
In order to do this effectively, we need to punctuate our lives with a steady, frequent, and intentional effort to incorporate spirituality into everything we do. Satan has a strategy to distract you and to mess up the order of the life you always wanted. That means you need a strategy.
In class we asked the question: what is your spiritual rhythm? What are the things you intentionally do every week, every day, every hour to knit an awareness of your spiritual quest into "right now"?
Would your spiritual EKG have just one spike every 7 days when you go to church? Or is it punctuated on a daily, hourly, even moment to moment basis?
When we intentionally incorporate habits (like prayer, praise, music, etc.) into the rhythm of our lives, we open ourselves fully to allow the Holy Spirit to transform us into Christ's image.
If you haven't already this week, map out your spiritual EKG. Do you need to be more intentional? What helps you on a daily basis to be ever mindful and open to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Post a response and share with others....
NOTE: I will be out of town this week, but you have a special guest teacher. Victoria will be teaching the class this week. I'll be back August 31st to wrap up our study of the Ortberg book and launch us into our new focus--growing spiritually through different types of suffering.
You'll recall that Ortberg, in his book, casts this "balancing act" as a 21st Century middle class activity and not something that is necessarily Biblical.
Instead, God calls us to a "well-ordered life" where we are pursuing the right things in the right way at the right time in the right spirit.
Are you struggling with the "balancing act"? Are you trying to compartmentalize your spiritual life so it balances with everything else? This can be frustrating for a Christian aspiring for transformation.
Instead, make an intentional effort to permeate your entire life with the spiritual component.
In order to do this effectively, we need to punctuate our lives with a steady, frequent, and intentional effort to incorporate spirituality into everything we do. Satan has a strategy to distract you and to mess up the order of the life you always wanted. That means you need a strategy.
In class we asked the question: what is your spiritual rhythm? What are the things you intentionally do every week, every day, every hour to knit an awareness of your spiritual quest into "right now"?
Would your spiritual EKG have just one spike every 7 days when you go to church? Or is it punctuated on a daily, hourly, even moment to moment basis?
When we intentionally incorporate habits (like prayer, praise, music, etc.) into the rhythm of our lives, we open ourselves fully to allow the Holy Spirit to transform us into Christ's image.
If you haven't already this week, map out your spiritual EKG. Do you need to be more intentional? What helps you on a daily basis to be ever mindful and open to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Post a response and share with others....
NOTE: I will be out of town this week, but you have a special guest teacher. Victoria will be teaching the class this week. I'll be back August 31st to wrap up our study of the Ortberg book and launch us into our new focus--growing spiritually through different types of suffering.
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