Friday, September 25, 2020

Are you regular?

 Some "regulars"...

Here are some things we can do regularly that will shape our hearts in radical ways:

Regularly study your Bible.

Regularly pray, both speaking to and listening to God.

Regularly fast. Shutting things off so we can open up.

Regularly worship; personally, as a family, and corporately.

Regularly share your life struggles with accountability partners.

Regularly give; the release of stuff is powerful.

Regularly look at beautiful things (creation, art, ideas).

Regularly affirm your submission to the lordship of Christ.

Regularly do something for someone who cannot pay you back.

Regularly return thanks; count your blessings & say THANKS.

Regularly praise God; do it out loud.

The old has passed away; the new has come (see 2 Corinthians 5:17); we lean into and make active the new by our shifting from our old regular way of being into the new and making the new our regular.

1 Timothy 4:7 says that we should "train yourself for godliness," and this is one of God's ways to deliver us in this present age from foolishness, lack of productivity, ungodliness, and the wickedness that is the norm in our culture.

What we call a "good Christian" should be the norm. That description comes across as being radical. IF being normal according to God looks radical to the world, then I want to be found to being radical on a normal day. 😉 These regulars help us train into that normalcy / radicalness.

Make being radical regular in your life!



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