Pastor's Reflections: Belive

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                                                                                    Monday, August 24, 2015
                                                                                Jeff Lampl

19 Days until BELIEVE, a Bible Engagement Experience which will take you on a 30 week journey from head knowledge to heart knowledge, the kind of knowledge that actually believes what your mind says it believes. What I actually believe is what I do. What I belief drives my behavior. These 30 weeks are about believing. And the Bible will be the key.

Below are the first three pages in Chapter One of the Believe Scripture book which I hope each of you will purchase. Of course if you are diligent in looking up the scriptures for each week and making sure you have their context right you won’t need to purchase this book. However, I suspect that buying it and having it all readily available for the next 30 weeks will make you more likely to actually read the Bible. AND THAT’S THE GOAL.

Page one gives you the Topic, Key Idea, and Key Verse. The rest of the chapter is comprised of carefully selected (by scholars whom I greatly respect) scriptures in the very readable NIV translation with introductions to each section (italics-see above) meant to set the reading in context and act as a guide to help you fully grasp what you are reading.

We offer this resource to you so that you will read the Bible for all it’s worth:

10 Key Beliefs of the Christian Faith
10 Key Practices of a Jesus-follower
10 Key Virtues of a Person Who is Becoming More Like Jesus

Do you remember what the Steward on the airplane tells you before you take off? He says “put on your oxygen mask first”. If you can’t breathe you can’t help anyone else including your children. I and all your leaders are hoping you will do this with the Bible. Get into it yourself first.

The children and teens will be doing BELIEVE with the adults which means you can discuss it at home. Go to Amazon and purchase the books for your kids and then do their age appropriate readings with them.

The BELIEVE book (pictured above) and the companion devotional THINK ACT BELIEVE LIKE JESUS are being sold now in the lobby on Sundays and are also available during the week in the church office. The rest of the materials below are available through the church by special request or just go to Amazon and make your order.

In this way you will become the BELIEVE “parent/teacher” of the things of God that your children need, not from someone else, but from you.