True Christian Fellowship - Questions that lead to Deeper Fellowship

Was reading a great booklet on small groups discussed the problem of Christians engaging in social activities and wrongly calling that fellowship. The booklet says that fellowship if not pursued properly leads away from Christlikeness and actually reinforces the character flaws that participants have rather than leading them to Biblical change. 

True Christian fellowship involves provoking (encouraging) one another to love and good works through correcting one another in love with meekness and sharing our spiritual walk with other people, what we learn from God and what God is saying to us. 

Here are a few questions from Girl Talk, another Christian blog which help lead people to deeper fellowship with one another:

• Describe your current practice of the spiritual disciplines.
  
• What is a passage of Scripture you have been meditating on recently?
  
• What fruit of the Spirit are you cultivating?
  
• What sin are you seeking to weaken?
  
• How can I pray for you?
  
• Here is an evidence of grace that I observe in your life.

And a few others I thought of: 

• Name one of your favourite times of fellowship with God
• What has God been revealing to you about your walk with him lately?
• Where is your favourite place for quiet time and why? 
• On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your spiritual walk? 
• Where do you think you could be serving more in the body of Christ? 
• How did you get saved? 
• What do you have to thank God for lately? 
• What is your greatest regret in life? 
• Who is your greatest spiritual influence in your life? 
• What verse would summarise your attitude towards life? 

Can you think of any more? Leave a comment below.

How do you prepare your heart for Sunday?

You always hear people talking about preparing your heart for the worship service on Sunday but many people don't know how (or whether) other people do it. There is a post on Competant Counseling which talks about how he prepares for Sunday Worship service but before that, let's look at some plain obvious things you can do before service on Sunday:

1. Read through the passage that will be taught the coming Sunday.
2. Sleep early
3. Wake up early and pray and spend some time with God reading the Bible or a spiritual book
4. Sing through some hymns that will be sung on the coming Sunday service.

Follow this link to have a look at the suggestions from Rick http://competentcounseling.com/2009/01/31/preparing-for-game-day-super-sunday/

Free WIFI - At your local Church outreach

Have you considered another way of providing a service to the community by a Church is providing free wireless internet? People need to get close enough to the Church building to use the free interner service and if you are in tourist town, you may find that quickly the Church location will become a "famous" free internet access point. Of course, if you really want to be light of the world, you may have to block access to certain websites.

Free internet is another way to provide a service to the community and enable people to draw closer to Church. Consider the possibility in your local church :)

Purity DVD by Jim Berg - one of the best resources for Men

Jim Berg has come out with a men's conference DVD on the topic of Purity for men. This link purtiy to leadership and shows why a man who struggles with purity will also struggle leading. Every guy who wishes to be married will need to lead some day - at the very least their wife and probably their children as well. This topic most downplayed and ignored by the Church today is well addressed by this DVD series. The title of the eight sections are:

Session 1Biblical Morality

Session 2 Biblical Morality, Part 2

Session 3 Why Sex Didn’t Satisfy Solomon, Part 1

Session 4 Why Sex Didn’t Satisfy Solomon, Part 2

Session 5 he Anatomy of Lust, Part 1

Session 6 The Anatomy of Lust, Part 2

Session 7 Preventative Strategies (Staying Out of a Skid)

Session 8 Rescue Strategies (Getting Out of a Skid)

The DVD also includes a PDF of a syllabus which is about 80 pages worth of good advice for men.

You can find this DVD series at http://www.bjupress.com/product/256248

The following is an extract from the syllabus:

How can we safeguard our families in a culture that constantly streams immorality to us throughmovies, music, and immodest dress? How can we teach modesty and purity to our children?How can we overcome the pull of pornography and immorality ourselves? How can we becomemen of moral courage who win the respect of our families and have an impact upon a corruptworld? How can we understand and minister to the homosexual and to the sexually addicted?These are questions for us to consider in these sessions together.

Though this seminar is not rated PG-13, it is strongly recommended that a father give some“parental guidance” in these areas as is appropriate for his son’s maturity level beginning in hisearly teen years. These principles should equip father and son to have some serious discussions regarding purity and godliness.