Reclaiming Our Christ-Centered Lutheran Devotional Heritage

Reclaiming Our Christ-Centered Lutheran Devotional Heritage

49th Biennial Convention of the Nebraska District Snow Mountain Ranch

Granby, ColoradoJune 2-4, 2014

Reclaiming Our Christ-Centered Lutheran Devotional Heritage

• Session 1: Drawing our devotional life from the gospel • Session 2: Growing in the gift of meditation on the Word• Session 3: Growing in the gift of Word-focused prayer

• Session 4: Growing in the gift of testing

What Does This Have in Common with Tentatio?

Five Key Things to Keep in Mind about Tentatio

1. Don’t be surprised by the intensity of the

war!

Five Key Things to Keep in Mind about Tentatio

2. Don’t underestimate

or overestimate your enemy!

Five Key Things to Keep in Mind about Tentatio

3. Don’t be confused about where the main

battle line is drawn!

Five Key Things to Keep in Mind about Tentatio

4. Don’t be confused about your enemy’s battle plans!

Five Key Things to Keep in Mind about Tentatio

5. Remember most of all that

you already belong to the winning side!

Session #4 Wrap Up

• The next two pages provide an opportunity to do some individual planning for how to put the insights we have discussed here to work in your heart and life. – First of those two pages:

questions to answer (don’t lose your aha’s!)

– Second of those pages: specific plans to put your insights into action!

• Who is going to be your Barnabas?

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed” (Pr 15:22).

Action Taken Probability of CompletionHear an idea 10%Decide to adopt it 25%Decide when to act on it 40%Design plan to act on it 50%Inform another of commitment 65%Meet with another to report progress 95%

You Have An Open Invitation to Be Ministered to and Listened to by the Crucified and Risen Jesus!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).