To be certain, if you know me, you'd know that this is by no means meant to be a "plug" or endorsement of any church or ministry.* However, a great SIMPLE idea is this 10 for 10 challenge:
http://10for10challenge.org (Just click on the video in the center that reads "What is 10 for 10?)
If you can't watch the video, don't fret. The 5 ideas in the video are listed below:
- Memorize 10 scriptures this year
- Serve as a volunteer in 10 ministry projects
- Give 10 percent of your income to your local church
- Spend 10 minutes a day with God via Bible Study and prayer
- Share Christ with 10 people
So, what do you think? Could you manage to do one or all of these 5 spiritual disciplines in a year's time? To some people, it might seem elementary, but for others, it is just the small starting point that they need to begin practicing and doing God's word.
"But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it." ~ James 1:22-25 NLT ~
-RCW
P.S. *This could never be an endorsement because I, like the rest of my generation, am so anti-establishment, anti-propaganda, cynical, anti-schmooze, anti-infomercial, anti-artificial, anti-inauthentic. (Although incidentally the church that this came from is a good church - my wife and I even did some of our premarital counseling there).
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