Faith Acceleration

Share with us how God has been using the InTENtional for 10 focus to accelerate your faith:

“During this 10-week period, I have experienced a tremendous amount of spiritual growth. I honestly feel closer to the Lord than I ever have at any time in my 40 years on this Earth. My children and I are taking to heart each of the 10 elements. The blessings and inner peace that we have enjoyed have been nothing short of amazing. We are closer as a family than we have ever been. During this 10 for 10 period, I have felt the Lord call me to fulfill my His Heart, Our Dream commitment made in 2006. Mind you that when this commitment was made, I was in a double income situation. Since that time, I am in a single income situation, and I have taken a 12% pay cut. Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 8

We’re almost there! There is much excitement around here as we approach the Dec 19/20 special offering. With stories of personal sacrifice choices people and families have made, it is inspiring and motivating to be part of what God is doing in our hearts and in our congregation.

Here are the next 10 ideas for Intentional for 10: Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 7

As you’ve probably discovered, some of the disciplines are more challenging than others. Some disciplines, at different times, get right to the gut level of what it means to sacrifice and persevere. Click here to share if this has been the case with you and your journey? But not to be discouraged in any way, God doesn’t waste any genuine effort. Need more inspiration or challenge? Here are ten more prompts for all the disciplines: Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 5

After 4 solid weeks of implementing ten disciplines, do you see any fruit? Do you feel as though you’ve gone deeper with Jesus in a whole new way? Is God’s Word coming alive and fresh? Your journey, even though you may not feel that it’s compelling, can be an inspiration to so many others. Please take a minute to share even just a couple sentences of what Intentional for 10 has meant to your spiritual journey over the last four weeks.

And in true fashion, here are ten more prompts for all the disciplines: Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 4

One of the Intentional for 10 disciplines is “sacrifice.” This weekend, Branson will be sharing in detail about the upcoming special offering on Dec 19/20. As part of this segment, Branson would like you to share with us how you and/or your family is engaging this special, yet sometimes difficult, discipline so that we may share it and inspire others in their intentional walk with Christ.

Tell Branson your journey with sacrifice here.

And as expected, here are ten more ideas to assist you in this Intentional for 10 journey: Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 3

So, as a congregation, we’re three weeks into the very challenging Intentional for 10 initiative. Has it been hard? Easy? How have you been more intentional with your time as a result? Are you seeing an effect in your relationship with Christ?

So, here are 10 more ideas to jumpstart your thinking some more:

Attend: Attend your child’s service in CCM or CSM

Tithe: Take 10% of one week’s grocery budget and donate toward the One Body Food Drive on 11/7

Pray:Pray for CSM’s D-Now, discipleship weekend for middle schoolers

Sacrifice:Create a His Heart Our Dream piggy bank and collect spare change

Connect:Be a part of a new Sunday morning discipleship class from Nov 1–Dec 13 at 9:10am

Learn:If you miss a service or are late, listen online at connect2covenant.com/media

Fast:Give up TV 1 day/week and invest in family time

Witness:Get equipped to share your testimony by attending seminar on 11/2 on How To Share Your Story

Serve:Volunteer in a local community agency

Bless: Prepare a shoe box for Operation Christmas Child

Intentional for 10: Week 2

“Everybody’s doing it.” That’s the vibe we hear as people at Covenant talk about Intentional for 10, and that is good news! PLEASE be sure to let us know what you or your family are doing to fully engage this journey with the rest of us. It’s as simple as leaving comments on the blog at the end of an article, or even at the end of this one. In the meantime, here are ten more prompts to jumpstart your thinking. Read more »

Intentional for 10: Week 1

WOW! It was amazing to see all the thumbprints from this past weekend from people who have committed to fully engage our “Intentional for 10″ initiative! If you missed it, don’t worry. You can jump on board this weekend. Be sure to pick up the brochure at the Info Center (or get the online PDF here) as it is full of ideas for each of the 10 disciplines.

Need some more ideas? Here are ten more prompts to jumpstart your thinking:

Attend: Come early and sit in a new section.

Tithe: Set aside your tithe on payday before paying anything else.

Pray: Pray for West Greenville (Redemption Zone) ministry opportunities. Read more »