Love Challenge – Self Seeking

Welcome back to this week’s Love Challenge. Today we’re talking about self-seeking. Google defines self seeking as “self-serving, self-interested, egocentric, egotistic, self obsessed, self-absorbed, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking”

It’s a pretty bleak picture. Someone who is so absorbed with self that they are completely thoughtless when it comes to others. Are there any ares of your life that you are focused on you and only you? Are there people in your life that you are unaware of or ignoring because you are consumed with making things work for you?

Challenge:

Continue to memorize 1 Corinthians 13

Look for ways to serve others

Ask God to show you where you are seeking self

Godliness – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is godliness. Last week we talked about perseverance. Your challenge was to attempt a new skill and practice at it until you could see a step towards mastery. Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Godliness

Definition:
N. devotion to God which results in a life that is pleasing to Him

Scripture:
1 Timothy 4:8 For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it hold promise for the present life and also for the life to com.

Challenge:
Pray for God to reveal areas of your life that are not a reflection of Him.
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

What new skill did you try? Tell me about your adventure in the comments below!

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Perseverance – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is Perseverance. Last week we talked about self control and the challenge was to walk down an aisle that tempts you at the store. For me, that would be the book aisle, or worse yet, Barnes and Noble or Half Price Books. I can’t seem to get out of there without spending money! Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Perseverance

Definition:
N. steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Scripture:
James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Challenge:
Attempt a new skill, such as basektball, and try again and again until you are able to see a step towards mastery, such as putting the ball in the net.
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

Self Control – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is self control. We’ve talked about it before in the Fruit of the Spirit mini session but it’s a pretty important quality that’s discussed several times in the New Testament so we’re going to tackle it one more time in 2 Peter.

Last week we talked about knowledge. Your challenge was to read a book for fun. As much as I love to read, I find myself so busy sometimes that I can’t find the time for. Study after study proves that reading often improves all sorts of things like memory and language skills. Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Self Control

Definition:
N. the ability to restrain emotions or desires or the expression of them

Scripture:
2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control

Challenge:
Browse the chocolate/toy/clothes/other temptations aisle at the store and purchase nothing. The same one as March 7th if you had difficulty. A different one if you did not have difficulty
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

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Knowldege – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is knowledge. I love learning so this is one of my favorite topics thus far!

Last week we talked about moral excellence. Your challenge was to spend 10 minutes away from distractions and think about good things. It was pretty hard for me to sit still for 10 straight minutes. My to do list was calling out to me! Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Knowledge

Definition:
N. facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education

Scripture:
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Challenge:
Read a book for the fun of it.
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

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Diligence – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is diligence. This week’s challenge is going to be a difficult one for me. I tend to give up long before a puzzle is complete. If puzzles are easy peasy for you, choose something else that isn’t. Choose something that will take a long time like making ice cream from the cream off the top of some fresh milk.

Last week we introduced our next mini session, Applying Qualities. Your challenge was to begin to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8. Tell me which of the qualities in our new passage you struggle with the most in the comments below. I’d love to pray for you in that area! As always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Diligence

Definition:
N. careful and persistent work or effort

Scripture:
Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow wearing of doing good for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Challenge:
Set a large puzzle with tiny pieces.
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

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Moral Excellence – Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Applying Qualities right now and today’s topic is moral excellence. Being excellent morally is more than simply doing good things, it’s avoiding bad things. It’s dwelling on righteous and casting out unrighteous. It’s a big, huge, all encompassing type of character trait. It’s sort of overwhelming for me to ponder.

Anyways, last week we talked about diligence. Your challenge was to set a large puzzle. For some of you, this may have been easy but in my house, puzzle + toddler + cats = unfinished puzzle. Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below. If you happen to have a picture, I’d love to see it! As always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Moral Excellence

Definition:
N. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Scripture:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Challenge:
Spend 10 minutes away from distractions to think about good things.
Continue to memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

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Applying Qualities

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re beginning our second mini series within Weekly Challenge this week. I’m calling it Applying Qualities. It is based on 1 Peter 1:5-8 which calls us to apply new qualities to qualities we already have. What I love about this passage is that it is ongoing. I can always improve on each of these.

Last week we talked about self control to wrap up our Fruit of the Spirit mini session. Your challenge was to browse an aisle or store that tempts you and resist the temptation. If you didn’t do so well this time, don’t worry, self control will come up again and this challenge will repeat! Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Applying Qualities

Scripture:
2 Peter 1:5-8  Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Challenge:
Memorize 2 Peter 1:5-8

What was your favorite challenge from the Fruit of the Spirit mini series? Tell me in the comments below!

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Self Control – Fruit of the Spirit

Hello friends! Welcome back to Weekly Challenge! We’re talking about Fruits of the Spirit right now and today’s topic is self control. Do you reach into the cookie jar when it’s left on the counter with the lid off or are you able to wait until after dinner? I’ll tell you, this is one I struggle with. If I have cash in my wallet, it seems to disappear by the end of the day and I can’t really account for where it went. This week’s challenge will be rather difficult!

Last week we talked about gentleness. Your challenge was to tend to a plant or animal that you normally don’t tend to. That could have been buying a delicate flower plant and keeping it alive for a while or it could have meant dog sitting your neighbors doberman. Tell me how you did with last week’s challenge in the comments below and as always, feel free to print the cards for your personal use. Remember to post this week’s verse in a location you’ll see daily!

Topic:
Self Control

Definition:
N. the ability to restrain emotions or desires or the expression of them

Scripture:
Proverbs 16:32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Challenge:
Browse the chocolate/toy/clothes/other temptations aisle at the store and purchase nothing.
Continue to memorize Galatians 5:22-23

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