40 Days

40 days: 6 weeks: 1.5 months: That’s how long it takes for you to begin a new habit.  Allow me to be vulnerable with you for a couple of minutes.  A couple of years ago, we as a church staff took a personality assessment and a strengths assessment to become more aware of who we are and how we work.  We received our results and brought in an expert to help us understand our results.  I gave my results to this expert and his response was, “Interesting…and what is your role here again?”  I responded and he said, “I’d be interested to see how this is working for you and to know what the rest of your team is like.”  We sat down and talked a lot about how my strengths leave me vulnerable to not being very task oriented and disciplined.  So, for me, and probably a lot of us, having discipline to establish habit in our lives is difficult and this includes reading God’s Word.

But here’s the good news, there are over 750 people at Jacob’s Well who have committed to spending 40 days reading the Bible with the help and support of their small group.  Do you realize what this means?  If you struggle with developing the habit of daily scripture reading, like me, then there’s help and support for you to start now.  I’m excited for the consistency, accountability and support that my group will bring to my time with God.

Do you know who else struggles to develop a consistent bible reading habit?  Middle Schoolers. Most students are busy, stressed, and see the bible as irrelevant and difficult to understand.  Maybe you can relate.  But, for 40 days at theEDGE we are devoting our small groups to developing and applying the habit of scripture reading and allowing it to transform us.

So here’s where I’m going with this.  Joining a “40 Days In The Word” small group will not only benefit you, but will benefit your child as well.  The content and discussion that you will have in your adult group will be the same content and discussion that your child will have in their group.    The scriptures you will read each day will be the same scriptures your child will read each day.  The verses you’ll memorize each week will be the same as the verses your child will memorize each week.  If you’ve ever wanted to know exactly what your student will learn at theEDGE, now is the time. Sign up for a group this weekend or click the picture below.

Question:  What ideas do you have for engaging your child during the 40 Days in the Word Experience?  Share your ideas and comment below.