The value of community

All the believers were together and had everything in common.  Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.  Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.   Acts 2:44-47

Monday is my day off.  It is pretty sacred to me.  I need that time to rest and relax.  I don’t do church stuff on Mondays.  One exception I make is my Monday night small group, the YSG (Youngish Small Group).  There are about ten of us if we were all able to be there at once.  We meet every other Monday night for a couple hours.  We have snacks, study the bible, or discuss a spiritual book.  We challenge each other and are trying to do what they did in the first Church:

“They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts….”

This Monday we discussed the material from Pete Wilson’s Plan B.  http://www.planbbook.com/  It was totally awesome.  Here are a couple challenging questions we confronted:

·         What dreams did you have for your life while growing up?

·         What dreams came true and which ones shattered?

·         Have you ever been hurt or angry at God when plan A didn’t work out?

Deep questions, right?  And we all had a chance to express in a safe place how we struggle when God doesn’t show up the way we thought He would. 

I also like this study because the study guide also has a daily devotional to keep challenging us between meetings.  Very cool!

So if you aren’t in a small group, get one!  It is a huge part of a Christian’s spiritual growth.  And if you aren’t studying Plan B along with us at Knox, my question is – Why not?!  : )

Blessings on this beautiful Midland day!

-A 

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