Fourth Annual Harvest Fest will be on October 31, 2008 at Laramie County Community College Student Lounge. The night will start at 6:00pm. Activities will include, various carnival games, cotton candy, free photos, a spooky hallway, costume contest, a cake walk, and lots of candy. Attendance is free.
The costume contest will start at 7:15pm with various age divisions. Prizes will be awarded to the winning costume.
Come join the fun in a safe and warm atmosphere.
BCM now has a twitter account. It will be used for reminders of group events. Please join at http://www.twitter.com/BCMcheyenne.
I am a firm believer in a regimented lifestyle and am fed up with the complacency of American culture. In my holistic view of life, I find that the spiritual and secular actively and directly influence each other. When I begin to be lax and lazy in spending time in personal Bible study and prayer, my daily life in the work place and my friendships become muddled. My life feels as though I am walking in a haze and am caught in the mindless routine of sleep, eat, work, and sleep some more. I become a zombie. When I adhere to a disciplined life of maintaining my daily time alone with God, my mind is clear and focused. I feel as though I am truly alive. Discipline is a foundational element to a full and fruitful life. And that’s what Dallas Willard has to say about our walk with Christ in his book: The Spirit of Discipline: understanding how God changes lives.
The importance of spiritual disciplines is under emphasized in the modern American church. It has be nearly a full century since the last spiritual revival of Western believers. We are left with only small, sputtering flames rising up from our swiftly dieing coals of faith. The last visible tongue of flame was the short-lived Jesus Movement of the 1970’s. Five generations have passed since the “modern” era began, and our faith is no better for it. The lifestyle of true, absolute surrender to Christ is no longer a vital element of the definition of Christian living. To paraphrase Dallas Willard: we believe that dutifully carrying out that which Jesus Christ taught in the New Testament is the definition of being Christ-like; however, it is living like Christ lived, not just obeying His direct commands, that conforms us to His likeness.
Spiritual Disciplines are the exercises that grow and strengthen our faith. They are what give us the ability to “take every thought captive for Christ (2 Cor. 10:5)” and to “beat our bodies into submission (1 Cor. 9:26-27).” They are how we “cast aside every sin that entangles us” and “run the race set before us (Heb. 12:1-2).” Spiritual disciplines are vital to our walk of sanctification with Christ.
As I continue to read through this book, I will detail each of the disciplines that Dallas Willard addresses. To give a small preview, the disciplines are: prayer, solitude, bible study, fasting, scripture memory, and service. I am eager to share what Mr. Willard has to say and how I grow through my application of these disciplines (testimonies past and present to follow in the days to come).
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