THREE WAYS TO MAKE YOUR FAITH TOTALLY BOOOORING
Ever feel like this whole “God thing” is a dull routine? Or, as my two boys like
to say, “booooooring…”?
Bill Stephens and I are tackling practical ways to grow and train your soul in
our “SoulTrain” series this weekend at Ascent (10am – come join us!). As we’re
prepping, it strikes me there are a few “can’t miss” ways to bore the pants off
yourself and basically end up “going through the motions” of being a Christian but
not really loving and believing in a real Christ.
So… Try these if you want to make your faith totally boring and completely
uninspiring:
1. Don’t Ask “Why”
understanding why they are doing it. Get ready to be disillusioned in your
faith if you don’t ask, “Why?”
WHY spend time praying?
WHY read the Bible?
WHY serve? Give? Fast? Worship? WHY????
doing lots of these things while not understanding why they do them.
Without “Why?” these all lead to dull routine and rote tradition. YAWN.
2. Give Up Quickly
“I tried spending time with God but I just can’t focus.”
“I tried connecting with other people at my church but it was kinda weird.”
“I tried serving at a homeless shelter but I just can’t find time to do it again.”
money, work, hobbies), but how that doesn’t carry over to training our souls.
Nothing will bore you more in your faith than feeling like you can never
really change. Why don’t we change? Often, it’s because we bail out and give
up on things we’re trying way too soon. YAWN.
3. See Jesus as “The Limiting Factor”
the things I can do.
Lots of Christians are spending lots of time “doing” lots of stuff but not
People experienced in making their faith totally boring are excellent at
It’s amazing how hard we’ll work at certain things in our life (sports,
It’s easy (and boring) to define faith based on the things I can’t do vs.
“Well, I’m a Christian so I don’t….”
If that phrase is one that comes to mind often, we’ve moved away
from a joy-giving relationship with God with tons of possibility and limitless
creativity, into a set of rules that become “The Limiting Factor” of what I can
and can’t do with my life. Seeing Jesus as the cosmic cop that is policing your
actions is so dull I’m about to nod off writing these words. YAWN…
We’ll give you CONCRETE NEXT STEPS on soul training this Sunday, Sept. 13.
Join us at Ascent. Bill and I will be sharing together. 10am Sunday.
