During our fourth meeting, we talked about the most important thing in life:
Nope, it's not winning people to Christ (though that's very important too).
Jesus said that the first commandment is that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:29-30).
The only way we can do that is by having a living relationship with God.
A relationship with God can be likened to a a light bulb being connected to the electricity power point. If it isn't connected, there will be no source of energy for the light bulb to light up. But when we are connected to God all the time, we remain in His love, and He gives us the power to shine for His glory.
The challenge, as we all agreed, was in making sure we stayed connected everyday.
That's why we need to make our Quiet Times with God a discipline.
Discipline, not in a bad sense, but rather as a consistent practice.
We made little notebooks to keep record of our daily disciplines (including the time we spent doing our devotions, which verses stood out to us, a list of prayer requests, etc) so that we could keep track of our spiritual growth, and keep each other accountable by sharing our various insights in the meetings to come.
l-r: Debbie, Dawn, Angelyn and myself.
So glad Debbie joined us for this meeting!
Sorry Jasmine, we took this picture after you left!
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