At the beginning of 2011, I began providing what I call "next steps' which are practical steps we can take to put the sermon into practice. My goal was to provide them each week and other than this summer when we provided a weekly Bible study on the 10 Commandments, we have been able to do that. Since the next steps are not listed on our church website (http://www.bellefontefaith.com/) and people have asked for them, I have decided to start adding them here. What can I say, better late than never. So here are the next steps for this week's sermon Living on the Edge - Seperate from the World.
Connect to God and one another:
• Pick one day this week when you will “unplug” from the world and fast from all forms of media
• Limit the amount of media you consume each day
• Use the unplugged time to connect with God and with others: share dinner as a family or with friends, join a small group.
Grow in depth of faith:
• Continue with the Bible reading plans you began in October. (*see note below)
• Take 30 minutes you don’t spend watching TV and read all of Romans 12.
• Memorize Romans 12:1-2 (or any verses of scripture).
*Part of the Next Steps for the sermon "Grow" talked about Bible reading plans, so here are the next steps from that sermon.
Grow your faith in 5 horus a week
Spend 1 hour in worship
Spend 1 hour in small groups or Sunday School
Spend 1 hour reading the Bible (that's just 10 minutes a day)
Spend 1 hour in prayer (again, just 10 minutes a day)
Spend 1 hour in mission, ministry or service
Take the 90 day experiment and read the entire New Testament by the end of the year
Reading plans can be found online at www.intothyword.org
Read the entire Bible in a year.
Reading plans can be found online at
http://www.intothyword.org/
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://www.bibleyear.com/
http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/
Join a new small group or Sunday School Class that start this week.
Tithe. Part of the overflow of blessing God talks about in Malachi 3:10 is a deeper, stronger faith.
Invite a friend to worship.
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