Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 29

Day 29 - December 1st.

GUIDANCE

Ask a friend that knows you well to pray with you if you have a big decision to make. You could also ask them what areas they see strengths in you and how they feel God might use them in the future.

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 28

Day 28 - November 30th

WORSHIP

The Old Testament documents the continual failure of God's people to follow his commands, yet one thing they were good at is in worship they reminded themselves of God's goodness to them in the past. Check out Nehemiah 8.

Make a list of things you want to thank God for. You could share things from this list with others throughout the day. You could recite at least ten instances of how God has blessed your life in the past year.

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 27

Day 27 - November 29th

MEDITATION - ART

Artworks such as painting and sculpture have been used for centuries to inspire private reflection and meditation. Take time to take in some art to inspire your meditation.

I have no hesitation in recommending an exhibition in The National Gallery (Trafalgar Square, London) named 'The Sacred Made Real'. It is a look at the golden age of spanish religious art in the 17th century. The exhibition has 16 paintings and 16 sculptures and the curation is excellent, the works really stand out individually and interact with each other and the space due to being very well spot lit and placed in the 6 different rooms. The life like sculptures using techniques such as polychroming are what this exhibition really is about. I took it in early this month and it is open until January 24th. If you get a chance please do go, leaving yourself around one and a half hours to really take it in. For details of the exhibition, here's the link. If you travel by train to London you can get 2for1 on entrance to the exhibition by showing your train tickets. Check out this link for details on this offer.

If you cannot get to this specific exhibition, a couple of the paintings are permanent residents of The National Gallery so you could see them another time.

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 26

Day 26 - November 28th

Service

Common courtesy. Make time this week to make sure you have replied to invites, send a card of appreciation to a friend, send an encouraging message. It values people if you make a firm reply to invites. Build up someone this week.

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 25

Day 25 - November 27th

Submission

Be more aware of advise given to you and act on it.

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 24

Day 24 - November 26th

SIMPLICITY

Reject anything that breeds the oppression of others. This could be a conscious effort to analyse your purchases (eg. Fairtrade).

Spiritual Fitness Challenge DAY 23

Day 23 - November 25th

STUDY

Memorise particular scriptures that you find helpful in the face of temptation. Quote these scriptures in the face of temptation as a way to say no to the devil and his schemes, just as Jesus did when he was led into the wilderness (Luke 4).