How has your 'time with God' gone this year?
Friendship takes time and effort. We can't expect to know
someone unless we spend time in their presence, listening to them as they speak
and speaking to them as they listen.
We reveal ourselves through our words.
Words express character. Words disclose emotions. Words unveil thoughts and plans
and hopes and dreams. Words unlock relationships.
So how has it been this year with God's Word? And how has
it been this year with prayer? And linked to both: has your relationship with
God deepened this year? Has he become more special to you? Do you love him more today than you did on 31st December last year?
Tomorrow we exit 2015 and enter 2016.
Can I suggest something to help you with your
relationship with God in 2016?
Make a PLAN.
Relationships don't just happen. They need to be intentional, deliberate, premeditated.
Particularly in a busy world where 101 things demand our time and thought and attention, if you want to relate well to God you need to PLAN for it and the STICK to it.
In previous years I've included links to daily Bible
readings plans to help get you started with this.
See HERE for a helpful blog post from Tim Chester which has links to a helpful Bible reading plan and the rationale for reading the Bible in a year.
But this year I've come across a different sort of daily
devotion that might just help if you've struggled to get going with Bible reading plans in the past.
Glen Scrivener is an evangelist who works in Eastbourne. He's known for his creative use of new media to communicate Jesus. In 2016 he's starting
a daily 6-7 minute Vlog called 'Line by Line' where he will work through some
of the key phrases of the Bible. It looks like it will be a really helpful way
of engaging with God's Word if you're someone who struggles. For those of you who travel it also looks like it will be available as an audio podcast as well.
There are various ways to get it.
You can subscribe to his YouTube channel HERE
You can 'like' his Facebook page HERE
Here is Glen's introduction to the series. But it's worth
flagging up: it looks like when they start, the Vlogs will be shorter and more polished.
Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqNa0NwOdIY
