This past week, we culminated nearly 70 days of focus on Jesus’ relationship with us in our series, “At the Table with Jesus.” Our intent was to build into habit consistently spending time and energies fostering a love relationship with Him.
So What Now?
With any new or established habit, continued practice is helpful to sustain the habit over the long haul. Let me offer a couple of suggestions to help you continue to strengthen your faith habits:
1. Share with a Friend: Go through At the Table with Jesus again, only this time do so with a friend. If not this book, you might use some other devotional you enjoy; The point being is to do it along with someone.
2. Add a New Habit: Since you have built some momentum with faith practices, maybe consider adding a new habit to your repertoire. May I suggest one? Thanks to our prayer leaders, we have a prayer room in Room 6 at our church. Why not come 40 minutes early to church on the weekend and spend some quality time in conversation with Christ? A comparable alternative would be to curate a “prayer closet” in your home, where you can make a practice of spending regular time in personal/family prayer.
3. Come Friday Night to Speaker Series at Arlington: On the weekend of October 14-15, make intentional plans to join us opening night, Friday at 7:00PM, with the intent of coming to all the sessions through Sabbath as well as enjoying fellowship at Shindig Saturday night. Much like a “date night” in a relationship, making extended plans to be together takes effort and planning, but doing so garners great benefits for a deeper relationship.
We’ve invited Pastor Karl Haffner to be our featured guest speaker, presenting, “Jesus. Only. All.”
Karl Haffner, PhD
Karl teaches, preaches, writes, and frequents Fenway Park as much as possible. He is crazy about his wife Cherié, and his daughters Lindsey and Claire. He also loves good stories, frequent flier miles, and ice cream (he even orders broccoli, a la mode).
He serves as Vice President for Student Experience and Enrollment Management at Loma Linda University Health. He has served as senior pastor of the Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Walla Walla University Church, and as Mission Strategist for Kettering Health. He is an award-winning author of thirteen books such as No Experience Necessary, Are you more spiritual than a 5th-grader?, Destiny: Who you are and what you’re here to do, and The Cure for Soul Fatigue. He has written hundreds of articles for a variety of journals.
Karl travels whenever he can and preaches wherever he can. He is amazed daily by God’s acceptance and is committed to communicating that grace to others.
JESUS. ONLY. ALL. // SPEAKER SERIES AT ARLINGTON // BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT, 7:00PM, OCT 14
Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4409 Pleasantview Drive, Arlington, TX 76017-1427. The series is free and the community is welcome to attend, with each service featuring a unique message from Dr. Karl Haffner.
Friday, 7:00PM — The “Empty” Box
Saturday, 9:00AM — Every Season of Salvation
Saturday, 10:15AM — How to be a Spiritual Flunkie
Saturday, 11:30AM — What to Save in a Spiritual Fire
Saturday, 5:00PM — Spiritual Expectations
SHINDIG 2022 // SAT NIGHT 7PM, OCT 15 // ARLINGTON ADVENTIST CHURCH GROUNDS
And cap off the weekend with some wholesome community fellowship and fun at Shindig.
As you deepen your devotion to Jesus and nurture the faith habits that build a life-long friendship with Him, we pray that you will discover not only His deep love for you, but also His desire for you to live life to the full. May we make Jesus our all in all.
