Being Intentional

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.”

We start 2017 with such good intentions to become better Christians by the end of the year. It’s not that we don’t care about spiritual growth. We do! In fact, we’re passionate about it and feel genuinely repentant that we don’t seem to make much headway in this whole matter of becoming the kind of people God wants us to be.

Now to be sure, it is God himself who works in us the changes we so desperately need. Yet, in most cases he seems to work best when we intentionally commit ourselves to actually doing something that has to do with spiritual growth.

Most of us treat spiritual exercise much like physical exercise. We are totally agreed that we need to get into better shape but that’s about where it ends, nodding our heads and saying, “Yep, I got to exercise more this year.” Of course, that statement in and of itself never got anyone physically fit. Until we start putting the tennis shoes on and hitting the pavement, no progress is made.

This coming weekend we’re going to be looking at what the Apostle Paul wrote about intentional Christianity. It’s challenging and it’s exactly what we need to hear at the beginning of this new year. If there is going to be spiritual growing in 2017, it’s got to be intentional. Join us for one of our weekend worship services. Start being “on purpose” in your Christian living.

Saturday evening worship: 6:00 pm
Sunday morning worship: 10:00 am