The sermon and the handout of the summer challenge is online. Check them out under the sermon heading on www.kindersleyalliance.com.
As many of us head into the chaos, changing schedules and disrupted lives of summer our spiritual lives can be derailed. Here is a simple, easy challenge to help us direct that summer chaos into a spiritual adventure.
Simply put, you are being asked to regularly jump into four books over the eight weeks of this summer (4over8). For some of you that will actually mean reading, others will pick up MP3 or audio tapes of the books, others will find videos of the books.
The books? They are commonly called the Gospels! Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The first four books of the New Testament.
As you read, listen, or see these books, ask yourself the Jesus question – “Who do you say I am?” or put in another way – “What is your opinion of me?”. Ask the question as you read a verse or a chapter or a story about Jesus. Hopefully over the eight weeks of the summer you will come up with both old and new thoughts about Jesus. Every revival and restoration in the church has been a rediscovery of some aspect of Christ in the process of answering the ultimate question that Jesus put to His disciples: “Who do you say I am?”
4over8 could prove to be a significant spiritual experience in your life this summer. You may want someone else to join you in this adventure. Print out the attached and hand it out to a friend – or even an enemy that could use it! Let’s see where this challenge takes us this summer!