Project Walkway – The Challenge Remains

2 Peter 1:3

This is a call to escape the nature we were born with and to participate in the divine nature.

I MUST CHANGE!

Will you accept the goals of God and the divine nature?

I am responsible for my change.

This task never ends until we reach Heaven. This is a lifetime journey, but it can become more enjoyable as we go.

Don’t forget the lesson of the first week.
2 Peter 1:4

To help us along on this project, God has given us a promised outcome for the effort.

If we are continually growing, we will

• Be effective.
  • Effectiveness is deeper than success.

• Be productive.

• Never fall.

Project Walkway – Week 7 Challenge

“Add to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it.
Read the following chapters each day as noted:
− Monday 1 John 1
− Tuesday 1 John 2
− Wednesday 1 John 3
− Thursday 1 John 4
− Friday 1 John 5

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the Series Finale.

Suggestions

• Write down the text for each passage that deals with our love for others or our love for God. Read those passages again on Saturday.
• Go out of your way to do something kind for a Christian brother or sister each day this week.

Prayer

Pray each day, asking God:

• to let his love for others grow in your life, and
• to reveal to you the places your heart is darkened to that love.

“Extra Points” Challenge

If you can afford to do so, take part in the Keeping Kids Cozy Campaign.

Project Walkway – Week 6 Challenge

“Add to perseverance, godliness.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it. Who is responsible for changing me?
Read some famous scriptures and think about justice, mercy and humility:

• Monday Matthew 25:31-46 – What does justice and mercy demand of me?
• Tuesday John 3 – How dependent am I on God’s gifts?
• Wednesday Acts 1:1-11 – If I didn’t know Jesus, how would I want others to reach out to me? Do I have the power to do that for others?
• Thursday 1 Corinthians 13 – What good are all my works if not founded in love?
• Friday Malachi 3 – What happens to those who do right versus those who do wrong?

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Prayer

Pray each day asking God to reveal paths of justice, mercy and humility.

Project Walkway – Week 5 Challenge

“Add to self-control, perseverance.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it.
James is the Proverbs of the New Testament. Read the following several times each day as noted:

• Monday James 1

• Tuesday James 2

• Wednesday James 3

• Thursday James 4

• Friday James 5

• Saturday All of James

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

• Take ten minutes each day to pray through the assigned chapter and ask the Lord to help you know what needs to be applied to your life.

• Read through the chapter until the subject changes. Stop and pray through the previous verses: “Lord, is there anything here you want to teach me? Am I applying this truth in my life or am I falling short in some way?”

• Write down what you sense in your spirit.

• If possible, talk it over with someone else, discussing how this will help you grow in the Divine Nature.

Project Walkway – Week 4 Challenge

“Add to knowledge, self-control.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it.
Read the following several times each day as noted:

• Monday Revelation 2:1-7

• Tuesday Revelation 2:8-17

• Wednesday Revelation 2:18-29

• Thursday Revelation 3:1-6

• Friday Revelation 3:7-13

• Saturday Revelation 3:14-22

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

This is a week to seek God’s presence in your life. Take time each day to pray and invite God to move in your life. (Revelation 3:20, Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Ask God to allow His Spirit to rule:
• Over your spirit (Proverbs 16:32)
• Over your lusts (Romans 6:12)
• Over your conversations (James 3:9)
• Over your desires (James 1:12)
• Over your greed (Matthew 6:24)
• Over your selfishness (1 John 4:20)

Prayer

Pray for 10 minutes each day:

• Lord, I take this time to open my heart to your spirit.

• Reveal to me your will for my life.

• Show me the places in my life that I need you to control.

Project Walkway – Week 3 Challenge

Challenge

“Add to goodness, knowledge.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it
Read the following Psalms as noted:

• Monday Psalm 119:1-32

• Tuesday Psalm 119:33-72

• Wednesday Psalm 119:73-104

• Thursday Psalm 119:105-144

• Friday Psalm 119:145-176

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

• Get a partner, pick a book of the Bible or ten chapters from the Bible, read them and discuss how they apply to your life.

• Write down your current “Increasing Knowledge Plan”. Examine your commitment to the plan and how you are doing. Recommit to it or update it as necessary. For help with this, follow the Project Walkway links on our website and view the Personal Spiritual Live Development Plan.

• If you have young children, write down and evaluate your Increasing Knowledge Plan for them. Look for help with this on the website under Spiritual Life Development Plan for Children Living at Home.

• Grow in knowledge about our church. Go to the website and browse the various church ministries. Send the department heads any questions you may have.

Reminder: There are two computers with Internet access available in the Corner Café for general use.

Project Walkway – Week 2 Challenge

Challenge

“Add to your faith, goodness.”

Each day this week:

• Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it

• Read the following Proverbs as noted:

• Monday Proverbs 3

• Tuesday Proverbs 10

• Wednesday Proverbs 4:4-8

• Thursday Proverbs 11

• Friday Proverbs 12

• Saturday Review all five of the above

• Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

• Do something good for someone this week outside of your normal range of “good”.

• Determine to not say anything harmful or detrimental about anyone this week.

• Determine to say something encouraging to someone every day.

• Examine your heart each day to see if your heart is growing in goodness.

Pray each morning:

“Lord, help me to add goodness to my words. Check me if harmful words begin to come out of my mouth today. Help me find someone to speak encouraging words to today. Help me keep lust, prejudice, bitterness, anger and pride out of my heart today. Amen.”

Pray each evening:

“Lord, how did I do with my language and conversation today? Was I pleasing to you? Who did I encourage today that you wanted me to encourage? Did I miss a chance to encourage someone today? Lord, let me be pleasing to you in every conversation tomorrow and to add to the goodness of my words.

Lord how did I do in my heart today? Did I look lustfully or with prejudice or did I look through your loving eyes at each person? Lord I want my heart to be free from bitterness, anger and pride. Please let your goodness grow in my heart. Amen.”

Project Walkway-Season Premiere

Will you accept the challenge of Project Walkway? This is the first challenge you will receive during this series. It is personal and it is aimed at laying a foundation for weeks to come.

Challenge

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 One time each day this week. Mediate on this passage each day.

Daily Reading

Read the following passages one to five times on the day they are assigned.

• Monday – Psalm 1

• Tuesday – Psalm 15

• Wednesday – Psalm 25

• Thursday – Psalm 51

• Friday – Psalm 73

• Saturday – Read them all one more time.

• Sunday – Be at church ready for the next Challenge!

Suggestions

Here is what I would encourage: Start tonight before you go to bed. Read again in the morning and than at a work break, before dinner at home, if married read it out loud together and than start a new passage that night at bedtime.

Prayer of Commitment

Father I thank you for your promises. I want your Divine Nature to live in me and to work through me. This week I commit to you to read your word and to open my heart to the moving of your Spirit. Do your will in my life and reveal your truth to me. Amen

Buyer for North 60 Acres

We are currently engaged with one such investor/buyer concerning the north 60 acres.  There will be a meeting with them on Wednesday.  PLEASE BE PRAYING FOR THIS MEETING. This is exciting news for our church, even though there is more work to be done.  The expectation is that we will have a closed deal shortly.