Wednesday, August 5, 2009
So the sermon is over, now what?
In my last blog I made the statement...I heard a pastor once say that the sermon truly begins AFTER it is heard. It's what we do with what we heard that matters and helps us grow and mature spiritually. Generally a message (sermon) lasts around 35 minutes and worship around 25 minutes or so at most churches each week. That's 1 hour out of 168 hours we each have each week. So what are you doing with the rest of your time?
True some of us have to sleep and work, etc. but what are we doing during the remaining hours during the week to grow deeper in our understanding of God's word and His plan for us? I hope you are spending quiet time with God everyday reading and studying His word. Even if we can only spend 10 minutes a day it will be the most important 10 minutes you can spend. I hope you are making time for this.
I have another opportunity for you to grow in your relationship with God and it will take only about 2 more hours a week. It's becoming a part of a great fellowship and study with others from HRCC in a small group. So church is 1 hour, quiet time 10 minutes or whatever and a couple of hours for a truly fun and meaningful time with your fellow small groupies.Just ask anyone that's currently in a small group and you'll see how much fun and rewarding being in a small group is.
I have a great opportunity for you to consider if you are not in a small group and want to just "test the waters" and see what this small group thing is all about. Starting the week of September 21st we will be beginning a six week study on Becoming a Contagious Christian. All the current small groups will be following this study which is tied in a six week message series each week at all the campuses. This is a great study. I took it at my former church.
Here's how you can "test the waters" to see if you will like a small group. In addition to the current small groups, we are planning on at least doubling the number of people in small groups. We will be offering small groups on hopefully every night of the week (except the weekend). We will have couples groups, singles groups, men's and women's, groups for more "experienced in years" people like me and more.
Hopefully I can get to as many of you as possible at HRCC personally over the next 6 weeks to see if you're interested and find a group and night that may work for you. All we want you to do is "test drive" a small group. I'll bet you one thing...you'll like it!
Hope to see you join a small group.
In Christ,
Mike
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