AM - Psalm 107:1-32
PM - Psalm 107:33-43
Gospel - John 6:52-59
For reflection: How would you describe your daily spiritual diet: Junk food? Frozen food? Baby food? Leftovers? Meat & potatoes? Pure bread and wine?
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There’s nothing better (in my opinion) than a Hostess Suzy-Q washed down by a Hansen’s Mandarin Lime soda. When I couldn’t find Hansen’s in town anywhere, I had a case shipped from the manufacturer in California. The shipping cost more than the cans. While that treat was momentarily delightful, there was nothing of substance ingested. My hunger returned shortly thereafter, and all I really accomplished was fooling my body into thinking it actually got some fuel it could use.
Although I’m not fond of getting up at 5:00am every Tuesday, what I treasure about the time I spend with a couple of guys in Bible study at 6:15 is that we wrestle through tough sections of Scripture together. We ask and answer hard questions. We deal with supposed contradictions. We gnaw on truth until we get it. We challenge each other to live a life worthy of our calling in Jesus Christ.
When we lean on what we’ve always heard or what somebody taught us a long time ago, or we share the same perspectives and opinions over and over in Life Group, and refuse to wrestle ourselves with God’s word, we are fooling ourselves into thinking we are actually feeding our spirits. Join with some fellow pilgrims and do the hard work of building your faith and knowing why you believe what you believe through your own study and reflection.
- Lee Thrasher
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