A lot happens when we get together every other Sunday night. We talk, pick, nag, joke, laugh, talk, cry, pray, study, learn, celebrate, sing, and talk. Most of all, we grow. In a spirit of transparency, we lay our imperfections out in front of the group. We honestly admit our shortcomings and allow our group to lift us up. We draw closer to the Lord as we lean on one another.
Inevitably, each evening closes and we stall. We mill around, not wanting Monday to come because Monday brings its own set of issues. Monday morning isn't as safe as Sunday night. We are tempted to be much less like Jesus and much more like everyone else. It is easy to lose the momentum from Sunday night when we are away from that secure, loving environment.
We can't get together every night to keep each other moving along in our journey. We, as it was said Sunday night, have to be in the world without being of the world. We know how hard that is, but we also know that Christ has given us each other to help with that burden. Though we cannot physically come together every day, technology brings us just about the next best thing. Our own blog!
The intent of this blog is to provide an avenue for communication to keep the Sunday night momentum going past Monday morning. We can share prayer requests and praises, updates, funny stories, struggles, successes, and more. More than that, we can come alongside one another in our daily walk with Christ.
Life Teams are meant to bring a bot of accountability to their members. More than accountability, though, we want to bring one another encouragement.
So, let's become fully devoted followers together. More often than twice a month, in a safer place than Facebook, let's walk so close to Christ that we are covered in the dust of the rabbi.
My prayer for you, friends, is this:
"Lord, bless our group. Continue to rain your love on us. Bless the intention behind this blog. Draw us nearer to you and to one another though the writing here. Help us to really use this as a resource to better follow you. In Jesus' name, Amen."
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