In preparing to teach Lighthouse Church 201 "Discovering Spiritual Maturity" I'm reminded of some of the roads in Anchorage. Due to the heavy snow fall many times you are forced to drive in the same lane day after day. After several months the road develops ruts. Ruts develop ease in your driving, actually you are not steering the car the ruts are. You are giving it gas to go and your hands are on the steering wheel but the car is being guided by the ruts. Many times this is a good picture of our spiritual walk, we are in a rut; a rut that controls us. One of the key verses for LC 201 is found in 1 Timothy 4:7b "Take the time and the trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit." Just like getting out of the ruts on the Alaska roads take time and effort, so does getting out of your ruts in your spiritual life take time and effort. There are 4 habits that need to stay in balance to being spiritually fit; 1. Time with God's Word. 2. Prayer. 3. Tithing and 4. Fellowship. I personally have recommitted my life to those 4 habits. It is a must to ministry. I can't lead someone to a place I'm not going, and as a leader in Lighthouse Church it is my responsibility to stay spiritually fit. Pray for me as I lead our first Lighthouse Church 201 this coming Sunday. I have 10 registered to take the CLASS. I'm excited!
Daniel (our Worship Leader) and I have been working on a new web site for Yucatan Outreach Ministries. It is almost complete. Daniel is a gifted web designer and I'm so excited for you to see our new web site. I will keep you posted on it's posting.
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