My church consistently has small groups which is great. Community is a huge part of developing our relationship with God and others and small groups facilitate that. I think the most important thing of any small group is that each person challenges each other.
It is not easy to living life as a Christian and we need the support of others’, but at the same time, it is important to challenge each other to be better and to call each other out when they say or do something that may not necessarily be from God.
As Christians we should look to serve God and seek his approval, not anybody else’s. This is something I struggle with, and I think lots of people do around the world. It is so easy to seek approval from those around us even when it goes against was God wants for us.
Anyway, the focus of this latest small group (thanks Zoom for making it possible during a pandemic) was around a workbook called Rooted. Honestly, my wife and I didn’t agree on everything they said, but overall it was one of the better small group books we’ve done.
The last one we did was on Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, and that one started out great. It really covers important topics, but after a month or two of going through it weekly, it was draining, and for me personally, it wasn’t good.
Rooted is actually what spurred me to start this blog, so I had to shout it out. During the week about sharing our testimony, one of the questions asked where in my life might God might be leading me to share my testimony. Pretty quickly the idea of starting a Christian blog popped into my head. I took action on it immediately and Daring Evangelist was born. Why daring? The last sermon I’d heard was about Daniel and the kids song “Dare to be a Daniel“