Our hope at River City is that you grow daily in your walk with God! One way to do that is to spend time with God every day. This Grow, Pray and Study Guide (GPS) is just one easy way to connect with God on a daily basis.

In all services this week we spent some time with Jesus’ Parable about the man who went to sow seed in his field.  Matthew 13:1-23

Monday

Matthew 13:4, Luke 18:18-23

“Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up…”

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Our hope at River City is that you grow daily in your walk with God! One way to do that is to spend time with God every day. This Grow, Pray and Study Guide (GPS) is just one easy way to connect with God on a daily basis.

Monday

Read Nehemiah 2

God cares deeply for his people.  In the Old Testament God’s focus was centered around the people of Israel. It broke God’s heart that they were in such great need. God chooses to use people to meet the needs of other, so when Nehemiah heard of what was happening in Jerusalem, his heart was broken as well. Instead of sitting in sorrow he acted out of his giftedness and created a plan to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah was gifted. You are gifted. Spend some time with God asking three questions: Read more…

Our hope at River City is that you grow daily in your walk with God! One way to do that is to spend time with God every day. This Grow, Pray and Study Guide (GPS) is just one easy way to connect with God on a daily basis.

John speaks of God pruning branches so that they can become more fruitful. Pruning includes the removing of bad branches or even weeds, but it also includes the removing of branches that once bore great fruit. These are the branches that are the hardest to prune because they normally come with emotional attachment to the “way things once were.” These branches can be the most important to prune because the new branches can produce even greater fruit. Are there things in your life that are “good things” that might need to be adjusted or removed so even more fruitful practices can come to life? Read more…

Our hope at River City is that you grow daily in your walk with God! One way to do that is to spend time with God every day. This Grow, Pray and Study Guide (GPS) is just one easy way to connect with God on a daily basis.

 

Psalm 1–One way

Psalm 1:1 takes us through a process of walking, standing and sitting. Slowly but surely we immerse ourselves into habits and lifestyles that help us produce spiritual fruit or dry us out spiritually. We grow in our lives through actions and processes taken consistently over time. Think of your walk with Christ; what actions do you take to help grow deep roots? What processes or spiritual habits do you commit to consistently to grow in your walk with Christ? It is important to adopt consistent disciplines that produce fruit. Maybe adopt one or two of the disciplines listed:

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Our hope at River City is that you grow daily in your walk with God! One way to do that is to spend time with God every day. This Grow, Pray and Study Guide (GPS) is just one easy way to connect with God on a daily basis.

We live in a fast pace society that demands that we go, go, go all of the time. Someone always needs something and the job never seems completed. Even if it is, we have another one waiting in line. Staying busy is not necessarily a bad thing, but its definitely not automatically a good thing. Sunday, we discussed Sabbath and how keeping it holy keeps us holy (click here to listen). Since we talked about it, how about we put it into practice!

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