Have you ever gone to a church camp
or even a Christian conference
where you just got on fire for God
and then you go home and everything
kind of quenches?
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My name is Chris.
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I would love to share some tips
and tricks
that we've learned ourselves
to be able
to continue to walk in that fire
for God.
With your life on mission.
Sweet, so just
jumping into it
today, we're going to be talking
about healthy practices
for Christians
and how to kind of maintain those.
They're definitely kind of obvious.
And what
we should be doing as Christians
when it comes to like
prayer, worshiping,
reading the Bible,
holding boundaries,
living a life of action.
We are living out what we read
and what we speak.
Those are kind of obvious
as a Christian
where it's like, Yeah,
you should be reading your Bible
every day.
Yeah, you should be worshiping.
But sometimes those things
don't happen.
Today we want to talk about
those points to be able to help you.
Number one,
not beat yourself up
for missing out on a day
of reading the Bible,
but also challenge you in your walk
with Christ.
Like, why are you Christian?
Like, why are you following God?
And then also just kind of
teaching you where to start.
Those all the kind of broad topics.
And so
today we're
to start with point number one,
which is start small.
We can have these high hopes and
lose that really quick,
unfortunately.
It's definitely
just kind of a part of human nature.
When you start small,
you are able to really define
each of the steps
to be able to get to that goal.
And you definitely
just want to be consistent.
I feel like when it comes to
first dedicating your life
as a Christian
or being already Christian, that
that just kind of sucks
to get in the word
and wanting to get in the word.
I feel like theres
the kind of expectation
to sit down and read ten chapters
a day
or a book a day
or just like a crazy expectation.
But really, it's like, man,
like you got to start somewhere.
And so just start with
whether it's a chapter
or even a verse
or maybe it's like five verses,
but it's like,
you got to start somewhere.
And just getting in that,
that habit,
to really just get in the word
ah really helps
you just take that step
into creating it as a lifestyle
for yourself.
Point number two is going to be,
don't expect perfection.
I know that
we can all kind of fall
into perfectionism where
if we aren't doing something
to the standard
that we believe
that we should be doing it, then
we're just not going to do it.
For me personally,
I love going to the gym,
and so if I miss a day,
I'm not
going to beat myself up about it
because I can use it as a rest day,
and if I can't make it the next day,
then I'm going to.
I shouldn't be missing
two days in a row,
but I'm
still not going to beat myself
up about it
because it's just
more opportunity to rest.
But I make sure that
I never miss three days in a row.
And if you miss a day
like don't beat yourself up,
just allow God to use that day to
see Him in a different point of view
because man,
he's not going to put you down
for missing a day of
reading the Bible.
But he does
want to spend time with you.
And so if you miss a week
out of reading the Bible man
he desires just to sit with you
and to hug you and to hold you
and so run to him
like don't, don't be like,
Oh, I haven't read in a week.
I'm going to just not read more.
I'm going to run away more.
But it's like
just hold yourself to it
and be steadfast and continue
the next day.
Wake up early enough
to be able to read a verse
or read a chapter or something.
You really just got to hold yourself
accountable.
Point number
three is going to be know your why.
If you have a strong why,
then that is what's going to fuel
everything in your walk
with the Lord.
And so you're why should be Jesus.
It needs to be
Jesus like your
why should be
built off of a relationship
with God.
And like, man,
I'm thankful that I have
a best friend
named Jesus and I'm thankful
that I can talk to the Holy Spirit.
I'm thankful
that I walk with the Holy Spirit.
I'm thankful
that when I read the word, it's
a living word
and it's actively speaking to me.
If you want to see
your family saved or something,
that can be your why too.
Because that's still Jesus, man.
Jesus wants to see your family saved
just as much as you do.
If you just start off
with with a strong why,
you need to define your why too.
Because a lot of people
set these goals
and never know why they just want to
and so have a reason.
So things
that have definitely helped me set
these things in motion
is waking up earlier
to read a little bit
or just
listening to worship music
in my car
or during work
or something to help me focus,
but just
to make sure that my focus
is on Jesus throughout the day.
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