iGETitLIFE 21 Day Challenge

Tired of your spiritual status quo? Desire a little something more spiritually–maybe more from your relationship with God? Take the iGETitLIFE challenge and connect with a community of those taking the challenge.

The 21 day challenge comes from the idea that it takes about 21 days to create a habit. Since we want more spiritually, I suggest intentionally seeking God for 15 to 20 minutes a day five to six days a week for at least 21 days. Consider this a test, a challenge, to see if you’re closer to what you imagine you want spiritually.

I outlined some steps to take this challenge in the printed booklet iGETitLIFE with Purpose. It isn’t magic, nor will it alone bring about your desire, but it will show you easy, attainable ideas to help you achieve the spiritual insight and depth you desire.

The ideas and steps laid out in iGETitLIFE with Purpose have helped me and I’ve shared it with countless others. Many have found fulfillment by following these simple suggestions.

I can send you a personal copy of what has benefited me and many others. Click here if interested.

This post is open for comments meant to encourage each other, share a word of inspiration you have received, and ask others taking this journey for assistance in overcoming obstacles to your success in seeking God. Share your experiences with the 21 day challenge. Your experience may change another’s life.

Let’s be open and honest without pointing righteous fingers. I will moderate comments because spammers make life difficult. Mean spirited, or off-color comments will not be allowed. My commitment to you is to offer an encouraging place where God seekers become God finders, where life’s hardships become shared praises, and where the common become extraordinary.

If you’ve taken the challenge, Let us know how it’s going. What has been rough? Where were the tough spots? How did you deal with the obstacles? What has been successful? Who else has been affected by your taking the challenge?

If we met at an event where you began this challenge, either for the first time or as a renewed effort, I want to hear from you. How’s it going?
 

Let’s be real. Amongst us, who is continuously authentic at anything? I’m the chief mess up; the worst I know. The only real thing I can be is a mess. Hiding my mess is my natural response. There now. I’ve confessed I am not perfect nor good enough to even get close, and I’ve been around enough other people to understand the same is true of them as well. We are all a mess, every last one of us. Even God agrees, “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Romans 3:23, NLT).

God knows all things. Nothing is hidden from him. Our every thought is known by him. Therefore, we ought to pray to him confessing all that is within us, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Especially since he already knows, and we can’t hide it. God has said he loves us even with our shortcomings. John 3:16 says he loved us even before we recognized our need for his love. “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him” (NLT). His love caused him to die for us that we might have purpose in our life. Believers ought to always pray openly and in an intimate manner.

God asks believers to gather together and it seems from this passage, verse 14, the main purpose for gathering is to lay aside self, focus on God, and worship him in prayer. Could it be the reason the church of today struggles with petty discord is that we don’t gather together to authentically pray? We don’t humble ourselves before God either personally or in our corporate prayer. We don’t really pray.

I heard a statement about marriage and prayer. The couple who prays together stays together. This is true if their prayer is authentic opening of themselves before God and each other, confessing wrongs and asking forgiveness. This doesn’t work if the only prayer request is for the likes of Aunt Edna’s ailing knee, a sort of shopping list prayer. God isn’t a heavenly department store clerk to pass out blessings requested from a list. No, he honors genuine seeking him in prayer.

Please don’t think I am saying praying for a list of sick ones, and such is wrong. What I am saying is the most effective prayer is meeting with God, being humbled in his presence, confessing unworthiness, and asking as one in complete dependence for genuine felt needs. Does the church today really pray?

I have experienced this kind of genuine, heartfelt, humbling encouraging group prayer. A gathering where each one prayed from the depths of their heart, confessing sinful attitudes and behaviors, and the desire to live in the manner causing God to smile in approval. I’ve come to understand more clearly the heart of others as together the group prayed corporately in this manner. Real prayer brings real unity. Authentic living.

For further reading on unity in prayer, examine Hebrews 10:25 (gather together), 1 Thes. 5:17 (pray continuously), Ephesians 5:21 (submit to one another).

Why don’t believers pray?