What would happen at River of LIFE if we took the words of Jesus, read them, and actually put them into practice? What kind of response would our non-Christian friends and neighbors have to us? It seems like a simple idea, right? Sometimes it’s difficult to begin or to know where to go once we start.
This Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, River of LIFE will kick off this “Red Letter Challenge” (RLC), a 40-day challenge where we as brothers and sisters in Christ are challenged to read the words of Jesus for 40 days straight.We’ll do this by reading daily devotionals, attending Small Group Bible studies that go along with what we are learning, listening to sermons, and by being challenged in our walk with Jesus each of those 40 days.
We’ll learn five principles that were important to Jesus:Being, Forgiving, Serving, Giving and Going.This church-wide campaign is based on the bookThe Red Letter Challengeby Lutheran pastor, Zach Zehnder. He wrote it with the hopes of equipping Jesus’ followers through 40 days’ worth of readings and challenges to practically and daily live out our faith. Following Jesus is simply reading His words and then acting on them.
If you’ve never heard of Jesus, this challenge is for you. If you’ve known Him for your whole life, this challenge is for you. If you’ve been waiting to invite the spiritually curious friend from work or yoga class with thought-provoking questions about faith, this is the study to get them involved with at River of LIFE.
We are excited about this adventure of faith that we will take together as a River of LIFE church family.