Thursday | Daily Rhythms

The ideal pathway toward spiritual growth is to balance both upstream practices (things that are challenging) with downstream practices (approaches that are easier for us.) Some of us find we sense GOD most when we are learning, studying, or wrestling with hard truths and trying to make sense of them.

As we consider the role of THINKING in our discipleship to Jesus, reflect on a few of these questions:

• Is it a challenge for me to go beyond surface reading?  
• How might I grow in my pursuit of knowledge of GOD, Scripture, culture and context of the Bible, or Church history?
• How does what I am learning shape the way I relate, work, and serve others? How is it helping me grow in love, humility and obedience to GOD?
• If I focused on one passage of Scripture that would help me think about GOD more, what passage would I choose?  What would it take for me to memorize that passage? How might I integrate the passage into my overall life?