Category: Christian Leadership

GodQuest: Six Signposts for Your Spiritual Journey

When I was in college, my roommate and friend, Jason, was a fan of Rich Mullins. We had the opportunity to hear him in concert, and I still remember him in bare feet, worshiping God on “sacred ground.” Not long after that, Mullins lost his life in a traffic accident. One of his songs, Creed, has been especially meaningful this year, as I continue to study The Apostles’ Creed.

To that end, let me return to a DVD-based study I completed a couple of years ago with Cody and Tanner.  In Sean McDowell and Stan Jantz’s GodQuest, they present six “signposts” that guide you along your spiritual journey.

The signposts include truths and compelling evidence on the topics of God, creation, the Bible, the identity of Jesus, the problem of suffering, and the path to heaven. GodQuest helps explore the truth of Christianity in a way that is intriguing, relevant, and easy to understand.

If you don’t already know God, the signposts help you find Him and experience a life-changing relationship.  If you already have a relationship with God, the signposts draw you closer to Him and help keep you on the right path in life.

No matter where each one of us is on our spiritual journey, we can all use some help along the way. Are you ready for an adventure?

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God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven & Earth

From Genesis 1:1, we learn that God created from nothing.  By the incomparable power of His will, God spoke everything into existence.  He’s Almighty.

As Matt Chandler noted in The Apostles’ Creed: Together We Believe, we all have to wrestle with the question of whether we believe God is good.

When we pray to God the Father for our “daily bread” as Jesus instructs in Matthew 6:9-11, we must recognize that our daily bread is not that God gives us everything we want.  It’s that He gives us what we actually need.

Our belief in God is more than a theological point of agreement about correct doctrine.  A right understanding of God is foundational to the way we live the Christian life with practical implications for our relationships with God and one another.  If God the Father Almighty is infinitely powerful yet intensely personal, that should shape how we live and how we counsel others.

Consider this Prayer today:

Father, by Your mighty word, You’ve brought everything into existence.  I can rightly call You my Maker and Creator.  Everything belongs to You, my Father.  Continually give me eyes to see Your beauty and ears to hear Your marvelous truth.  Thank You that not only are You my Creator, but You’re also my Father.  Draw me ever closer into fellowship with You, through the work of Your Son and by Your Holy Spirit. Amen.

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