I found this interesting article on fasting on the cru.org website (campus crusade for christ):7 Basic Steps to Successful Fasting and PrayerBy Bill BrightPhoto by Tom MillsFasting & Prayer1. Basic Steps to Fasting & Prayer1. Basic Steps to Fasting & Prayer2. How to Begin Your Fast3. While You Fast4. Breaking Your Fast5. A Final Word6. Experiencing Personal Revival7. Vital Questions About PrayerI believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer…

Ephesians 2:10 – For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.For our last time of doing good works, I’m going to get a bit more specific. This time I want you to make something. If you paint, paint. If you sew, sew. Carpentry? Cooking? Think what you can do and then create one thing.While you are…

For those of you who want to worship at The Church of the Living Room:  (from umc.org) See you in worship… Do you have to go to church to be a Christian? The plain point is this: The answer to your question is, of course, determined by the definition of what a Christian is. If a Christian is simply someone who assents to belief in the Triune God, then the answer is…

Psalm 33:3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. What? Healthy Living again???? Didn’t we do this like a million times? As you know, the best way to become healthy is by time and repetition. The best way to live a Christian life is by time and repetition. And so as we’ve done this entire month, we’ve put in some time and now some more repetition in order to…

Psalm 36:3 The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. We often think of good works as something we do: make bacon for an amazing youth pastor, buy Starbucks for the car behind us (especially if its a gray Chevy Traverse). But good works can also be something that you say. Today’s world is full of sarcasm. And I am the queen of sarcasm. I…

Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.Praise the Lord. Just thinking about being healthy gives some people that guilty anxiety. You know you’ve thought it before, “I really wish I hadn’t eaten the whole sleeve of Girl Scout cookies!” “I can’t remember the last time I exercised.”  But when you get down to it, being healthy is about living life to the fullest. When you are healthy, you are happier. You have more…