Can you imagine hearing God's voice leading you through each day? The peace of knowing you are held by Him?
Life is busy. Parenting, work, study, managing a household, budgeting, church commitments, sports...
There's the stresses of getting to places on time, health issues, job stability, making ends meet. Plus the guilt of reaching another Sunday realising you haven't pulled out your Bible or given more than a mostly-rote prayer of thanks for your food.
Or maybe you have opened your Bible, but your mind has drifted to meal planning or reliving a conversation and you haven't absorbed anything you've read.
Or you've tried to pray, but it feels like it's just words and you're not sure God even hears you. Especially because your mind won't stop racing and your thoughts won't stop jumping around.
You are not alone.
For many of us there is a deep disconnect from the faith we've been called to and the way we live our lives.
We go through fits and spurts of feeling closer to God, but life happens - its gets better or it gets worse - and suddenly we realise we've drifted off the path.
We read our Bibles, but we're so familiar with the stories or we're so distracted by our thoughts, that they fail to have any impact.
There is another way.
The Psalmist said, "Be still and know that I am God".
God showed Elijah that He was in the still, small voice.
We can't hear that voice if we are busy all the time - busy doing things or busy in our thoughts.
If we look at the life of our Lord Jesus Christ - he prioritised solitude and stillness, prayer, meditation on God's words and ways, sacrificial living, and service to others.
He asked us to follow him, just as he also told us that he is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one can come to the Father, except through him.
Following Jesus means accepting his way of life as our own. So how can we more easily do that?
Introducing "The Living Word"
A themed monthly program designed to slow down your life so you can hear God's voice and let it lead you and guide you each day.
The Living Word is designed to move the Word of God from our heads into our hearts and hands. It will slow down our minds and help us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Each month the Living Word will provide a variety of ways to interact with God and His word in a way that is simple & digestible:
- meditations and visualisations
- contemplation: like a lamb chewing the cud we can allow the Word to speak its truth into our lives so we are moved to act in different ways
- look at different ways of praying so we feel more connected to God
- journal prompts and reflection questions
- take action challenges
"Love the Lord your God with every passion of your heart, with all the energy of your being, and with every thought that is within you".
The Living Word is a monthly subscription program with a different theme each month - you can join for a month or join for a year or longer, it's up to you.
You will receive:
- 3 practices each week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) designed to help you be restored and revived by our God's Word (allow 5-30 mins for each practice)
- mindfulness practices designed to slow your mind (10 mins per day)
The Living Word is designed to reduce distractions so there will be no Facebook group. The practices will be delivered automatically to your phone. All details will be provided in the welcome email.
"The Lord is my best friend and my shepherd... He opens before me pathways to God's pleasure and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness".
If what you're doing now isn't working, then maybe it's time to try something different. Come and try the Living Word and see if this daily practice and supportive community can open you up to be led by our God every day.
The Living Word is $10/month, billed monthly or you can subscribe for 1 year for $100 (save $20). There are no refunds and the subscription can be cancelled at any time by emailing sarah@sarahchann.com. Join before month end and you will gain access to the following month's content ie. pay by May 31st to begin June 1st etc.
If you would prefer to pay by bank transfer or would like to donate a subscription for someone else, please contact me: sarah@sarahchann.com
Buy a monthly subscription at NZD$10/month. This will be billed monthly until cancelled.
Buy an annual subscription for $100 (and save $20). This will be billed annually until cancelled.
I really hope you decide to join the Living Word family. Together we can support one another to shine like lights in the world around us, living honourably, with true wisdom. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to me: sarah@sarahchann.com