This months episode is an interesting one where Andy chats to us about Spiritual Vibrancy, what that means as well as how anxiety can be tamed through spiritual disciplines.
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Show Notes:
DECONSTRUCTION of the truth
We are living right now where many feel and the world feels we have a right to create or recreate our version of Truth.
DISILLUSIONMENT with our lives
“Never has any one culture had so much and enjoyed it so little”
You can’t have gratitude and anxiety in your brain at the same time
Let me unpack this further by highlighting some research that explored what it took to create spiritual vibrancy.
It’s a funny term and it wasn’t exclusive to Christianity but applying this can help shape what we need for breakthrough from -
DECONSTRUCTION of the truth
DISILLUSIONMENT with our lives
DETACHMENT from others
This pie chart that is broken into 3 parts points towards the 3 things that produces Spiritual Vibrancy in an adult according to BARNA Research
1- TRUST IN AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT (BIBLE)
2- FAITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (CHURCH)
3- POSITIVE FAMILY EXPERIENCES (FAMILY)
Now whether you are young or old these 3 aspects are the foundation to spiritual vibrancy.
I am sure we would all affirm this and say that the bible is important, church is important and a happy and healthy home is important but my question and probing today is to explore what we can personally do to help these 3 pieces fit together in our life
This calling is calling us through His word, into a family of believers to be able to outwork who we were meant to be in the context of healthy families
1- TRUST IN AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT (BIBLE)
The thing that is unhinging this is our response to His word…..
The terms "indicative" and "imperative" refer to two different verb moods commonly used by the New Testament authors in their teaching on sanctification.
Indicative - mood of Certainty, Actuality
Imperative - mood of Command
2- FAITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (CHURCH)
In the 1 Peter 2:5 in the NRSV reads a little differently, it says, “…Let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood.”
In other words, there is 2 choices I need to make.
First, am I willing to build myself on Christ as the cornerstone? (we just covered this when we allow the Word of God to be authoritative in our life as it all points to Christ)
Second, will I allow God to work on my rough edges to be built into God’s spiritual house?
Living Stones Built into a Spiritual House
Eph. 2:19-22
3- POSITIVE FAMILY EXPERIENCES (FAMILY)
The third and final part of building Spiritual Vibrancy is a Positive Family Experience
Let me show you some statistics in the home that may challenge us all……
HOW DO WE BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER??
[1]- The Bible is good and you can read that anywhere
[2]- The Church community is good but you can enjoy that without any real connection with the Word of God or taking it home
[3]- Positive family experiences can happen external from church and void of the bible
BUT when all done together it brings growth individually and growth to those around us….