We had a great small group meeting last night. I am loving it. Firstly, we have a great group of friends, and when you include dinner together, it's like a family of friends. That's what C-groups should be. Anyhow...
I won't give a blow by blow of everyone, but I'll tell you that I have enjoyed the project (The Steno Chronicles). Last night however, I admitted to my group that I have not been doing every one of the guidelines. At this point I'm pretty glad I called them guidelines and not rules. The benefit so far has been that most nights my wife and I read together. That's been really great to do spiritual pursuit together. But while I find it easy to read together, I find it hard to do the journal, so I'm reading, underlining, jotting notes in my Bible, and writing the memory verse, but the middle of my pages are blank.
Others in the group have not followed all the guidelines either, but can I just say something? There was a good discussion last night about things that people were experiencing while working on this spiritual discipline. It was so encouraging to find people who are "Christ-followers" really reading the words of Christ.
We've got to be people of His words. Jesus own expression was that our love for Him was directly connected to whether or not we do what He says. (Jn 14:15) It's not enough to read it once. I believe that we'll spend the rest of our lives learning how to follow His teachings, so we better spend time regularly re-reading His teachings.
--Ben
2 comments:
Where does "C-Group" match Large Group, Small Group, Prayer Group? (Of course I know but others may be confused.)
A C-Group is one of the small groups that we offer. C-Groups are focused on Conversation and Connection. It is the typical small group of SRC.
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