The Scripture Challenge Week 2

This past weekend we began the new series: Encounter. This weekend we talked about encountering God through the Scriptures. We are challenging everyone to spend the next month reading Psalm 119.

Psalm 119 is broken into 22 sections (based on the Hebrew alphabet). And it focuses a ton on God’s character and his word. If we’re going to see our attitudes toward the Scriptures shift and our appetites for the Scriptures grow and our lives changed (growth) we must read God’s word.

You should join us in the Scripture Challenge. It’s simple and will only require about 15-20 minutes a day.

We utilize the acronym SOAP (from New Hope Christian Church).

S is for Scripture

Read the appropriate section of Psalm 119. Take time reading and allow God to speak to you. When you are done look for a verse that particularly stood out to you.

O is for Observation

What do you think God is saying to you in this scripture? Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and reveal
Jesus to you. Paraphrase and write this scripture down in your own words, in your journal.

A is for Application

Personalize what you have read by asking how it applies to your life right now. What is God asking you to do in light of your reading today? Write out how this Scripture applies to your life today.

P is for Prayer

This can be as simple as asking God to help you use this scripture, or it may be a greater insight on what He is teaching you. Remember, prayer is a two way conversation, so be sure to listen to what God has to say. Write out your prayer in your journal.

To see some samples you can check out Jason’s blog as he posts through the Scripture Challenge in Psalm 119.

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Baptism @ LifeConnection

By admin | March 26, 2008

During the Encounter series we will hold our first ever baptism service. If you have accepted Jesus as your leader and forgiver but have not taken the next step to go public with your faith through baptism this is for you.

Who is baptism for? Anyone who has truly embraced Jesus as their leader and forgiver.
When should baptism occur? Baptism happens after becoming a follower of Jesus.
How does LifeConnection baptize? Immersion in water.

Want to find out more? Anyone wishing to be baptize must talk with Jason about their decision. So email Jason to set up an appointment to find out more.

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New Series: Encounter

By admin | March 25, 2008

Encounter Logo

This week we begin a new series: Encounter. We all need an Encounter with God. And so we’re exploring three ways for us to do so.

Encountering God through the scriptures.

God speaks to us most directly through his word. We need to grow in our habitual intake of the scriptures. The goal isn’t information, it’s transformation. For in the scriptures we encounter God.

Encountering God through prayer.

Prayer is a two way conversation where we listen for what God is saying to us (through his word) and we bring all our stuff to him. If we’re to Encounter God we need to develop our conversational interaction with the Father.

Encountering God through baptism.

Baptism is our outward display of our inward Encounter with God. Baptism is how we “go public with our faith.” And we are actually going to have baptisms take place April 13. So if you have accepted Jesus as your leader and forgiver but haven’t taken that next step of baptism contact Jason to find out more.

This is going to be a great series. I’m really excited for us a church. God is doing some very cool things in our community.

Send an evite to someone today.

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New Grand Opening Evite

By admin | January 21, 2008

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to send an invitation to friends and family about LifeConnection’s Grand Opening, send an evite (or 200).

Evite

Spread the word. Let’s pack out the gym!

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Journey through the Scriptures

By admin | January 21, 2008

I’m going to try and post some links to help spur on our Scripture reading (from my blog). I remain convinced that if we are going to have significant impact in our community and city for Christ we must become people who continually foster our relationship with Jesus through the reading of his word.

So I post these not as a supplement to reading the Bible on your own (definitely not) but as a way to help you read the Bible on your own and begin interacting with it through the practice of journaling. I have included one post for every day of the work week.

Hope it helps. I would love to hear about your journey in the Scriptures this year.

Genesis 39.21
Genesis 50:19b-20
Exodus 23c-25
Exodus 5:21; 6:9
Exodus 9:15-17

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Sneak Preview Service this Sunday

By admin | January 9, 2008

You definitely don’t want to miss our 4th (and final) Sneak Preview Service this Sunday at 10.30am, Bingham Middle School.

I couldn’t be more excited about what God has in store for us this weekend. His word is so fresh, so powerful, so true, and this weekend I’m confident he is going to speak to us through it.

To this point I can’t think of a more clear display of what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st C than what we’re going to see this weekend. We have some great things in store, it’s going to be an awesome time together. So don’t miss it.

So invite all your friends. I promise you, Jesus will be displayed as the one through whom we can find God. And our friends need to discover him.

See you there!

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Journaling Through the Scriptures - Genesis 22.2

By admin | January 6, 2008

Here’s a link to the newest journal post.

Also, we will be working on putting up some resources to help you find daily Bible reading. We’ll let you know as we get those up.

So keep checking back, we’re trying to get more and more helpful content up for you.

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