The Christian Workout - Prayer and Fellowship

The Christian Workout

Ø Monday:

Love, prayer

Ø Tuesday:

Joy, prayer

Ø Wednesday:

Peace, prayer

Ø Thursday:

Spreading the Gospel, prayer

Ø Friday:

Poor Relief, prayer

Ø Saturday:

Fellowship, prayer

Ø Sunday:

Rest

There are a couple changes from Saturday’s plan, as I felt that it was almost impossible to focus on prayer for a prolonged period of time without becoming like the publican, who liked to pray long prayers that were utterly meaningless, but made him feel like he was doing something good.

So I have put prayer on every single day, as you can see the revised workout plan above. The idea is that you will spend more time praying on each day, and indeed it is possible that every single thing you do can be as a prayer towards God, in that way you can actually pray without ceasing.

Let me explain what I mean when I say we can pray without ceasing. All your actions should be as unto the Lord, God gave His word to you, and you respond with your lifestyle, so in a way your lifestyle can be your prayer back to God.

But I will warn you that your lifestyle should in no way be a substitute for actually getting on your knees and praying.

On Saturday, our focus has changed to Fellowship.

Similar to spreading the Gospel, you will be expected to talk about the Gospel, but the focus here is not on the non-believer, but on the believer.

If you have ever read my sermon entitled “Birds Of a Feather” (http://michaelbuckinghamministry.blogspot.com/2011/06/sermon-birds-of-feather.html ) you will realise that fellowship with Christians is very important. Basically if you spend all your time will unbelievers, you will eventually become like one of them.

So a bit of advice, on your Saturday, why not meet up with a Christian friend, have fellowship with them, talk about God with them.

If you are a shy person, perhaps you could join an online Christian group, one that I find very useful is the Baptist Board http://www.baptistboard.com/index.php Just join up and start talking to people about how much God really means to you.

If you love God you are going to want to talk about Him all the time!