Getting Honest

What do you need in 2009?   My need is to know Jesus better and continue my journey toward authenticity.    I’m reading one of my favorite books for the third time.  It’s “Honest to God” by Bill Hybels.  The book challenges Christians to get honest and real about our relationship with Christ.  

Here some things from the book that will help you work on your vertical relationship and the road to authenticity:

1.      Begin to journal -  everyday start with yesterday.  Write a brief description of people you met with, decisions you made, thoughts or feelings you had, high points, low points, frustrations, Bible-reading-anything about the previous day.  Then analyze it.  Did you make good decisions, or bad?  Did you use your time wisely or waste it?  Should you have done anything differently?

2.      Pray -  balance your prayer life.                                              Adoration – Matthew 6:9                                                         Confession  - I John 1:9                                                          Thanksgiving – 1 Thessalonians 5:18                             Supplication – Philippians 4:6                                                    Listen – Psalm 46:10

3.      Fasting – “But this kind does not go out except by prayer  and fasting”  Matthew 17:21

 

For 2009, all I need is more of Jesus!