Are You “Taking Hold?”

I received a great email this week from an FBCG family that is using the “10 Minutes with God” devotional guide as a family. Since their mornings are very busy – they wait until right after family dinner. After sharing a meal, and before cleaning up, they go through the devotional guide TOGETHER! They write, “These 10-minute devotions couldn’t have come at a better time … It’s turned into 20 minutes with God because it sparks great spiritual conversation … we are praying together once again!” What a great example of a family “Taking Hold!”

Jeff and I have challenged you to make this message series, “Taking Hold: Knowing and following Jesus,” a priority. We asked you to commit to being in worship all nine weeks of the series – and if you have to miss – to keep up by listening to the messages through our website. We are also offering one spiritual challenge each week of the series – something that we believe God might want to build into your life for his purposes.

So, how are you doing? Like any area of our lives where we want to grow – spiritual growth requires intentional and persistent effort – it requires us to “press on” in the Apostle Paul’s words. It’s easy to become discouraged and give up. Our enemy will whisper things like, “Look at yourself, you can’t even spend 10 minutes with God regularly, what kind of Christian are you?!” Don’t listen to that voice! Know that God treasures the time you spend seeking to know him. He doesn’t condemn you when you struggle – he just loves you and misses you! Sometimes our growth takes place in fits and starts – sometimes three steps forward, two steps back – but if we press on, if we refuse to be discouraged, we will grow! That’s God’s promise.

Pastor Brian

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