Hi Ren family!
I hope you are in a warm place enjoying the beautiful snow out your window. It's nice to be shut in once in a while. Life rushes along at such a fast pace. We need time to slow down and even come to a still.
It’s fitting that my message to you this morning is about the practice of pulling away into an unrushed secluded place.
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There are times to lament, and there are times to feast. Pastor Scott goes through the theology behind celebrating as well as for fasting. This message focuses on not only practical wisdom for how to fast but also why we would fast and how to tell what the motives are behind your fasting.
Reading spiritual books is more than gaining information—it’s about transformation of the mind. Spiritual books interpret scripture for us in meaningful ways, or they can give fresh insight to faith in our day and age. Over time spiritual books will cultivate the way we think, which affects the way we live, so it is important to wisely choose which books we read. Pastor Scott offers ways to discern what and how we read, sharing his own list of book suggestions.
Pastor Scott addresses various habits we tend to have when we read the Bible and goes through a list of practical ideas to help us study the Bible more deeply.
We exist for the purpose of knowing God and enjoying Him. In this message, Pastor Scott offers wisdom to confront obstacles to our prayer times, such as a crowded mind, theological knots, or disordered affections, which deter us from gaining traction in our communication with God.