Jump Start Your Spiritual Plan
Our good spiritual life habits are most vulnerable when we have a big change in our schedule and location.
Why is that?
Habits have triggers. Your good habits are always in danger of losing their triggers when you change your schedule and your space. Before you got to university you may have had the good fortune of a person who helped you get your spiritual disciplines going. But now you are going to move and they are not going to be right there checking in on you. In fact all the usual triggers that you may have depending on are probably going to be displaced. You are the most responsible person for your own relationship with Jesus Christ.
Soon you will be arriving at UBC if you aren’t here already. So think about it. Let’s jump start your spiritual plan!
What’s going to be beside your bed?
Bible – a Bible with a cover and pages. I know… so old school!
Journal
Pen
Why not your computer and phone?
We have all given in to the competition for our attention! We are so distractible. Help yourself out; don’t include a screen in your initial move toward the spiritual disciplines.
Reset every night.
Before you go to bed, reset all the items required for your Morning Meet Up with God.
Get an alarm clock.
I know the phone is convenient. But it comes with liabilities! It will mess with your sleep hygiene. And it will interrupt your most important conversation of the day: your conversation with God! You like tens of thousands of other people check messages, the news, and all the random pictures available — before you get the most important word into your life.
Have a plan so you are:
Ready to read a section of Scripture.
Ready to keep a record what is said.
Ready to lift up prayer requests to God.
Find a Partner.
So before you get to UBC for the Fall term, why don’t you reach out to fellow follower of Jesus and ask them to partner with you in this habit. Pray for each other specifically asking the Holy Spirit to meet you both and keep it fresh! Together make a plan to text or WeChat each other with a simple spiritual discipline “check in.” After you have complete your Morning Meet UP with God check in with your friend. A simple, “I met up with God today” will do. If you are really ambitions, check in with each other once a week with a verse or prayer from your week.
Your life with Jesus is the most valuable relationship you are going to have in University. Its worth planning ahead.
So if you are already in University and have been keeping the habit of Meeting Up with Jesus daily, what has been helpful for you? And if you are just getting ready, What’s your plan?
Filed Under: Jump Start, Spiritual Plan, UBC, Origin Church, Born for More, Discipleship