Your Personal Grow-Pray-Study (GPS) Guide

Press On Together

[Dis]content

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This week Pastor Travis invites us to use “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading) to help develop gratitude & contentment.

Paul expresses gratitude to the church in Philippi for their provision, and that leads him to teach about contentment. When Christians trust in God to provide for all their needs, that trust leads to contentment, even in times of need. “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)

Here are the guidelines that they use:

  • Read/Lectio
  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Below is the list of the next six days of passages for this week:

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:10; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:11; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:12-13; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:14; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:16-20; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:21-23; Phrase: _________________________________________

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Return To The Source Of Your Joy

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This week Pastor Burkey invites us to use “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading) to help develop positive attitudes and actions as Paul describes in Philippians 4:8-9. 

Here are the guidelines that they use:

  • Read/Lectio
  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Below is the list of the next six days of passages for this week:

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:1-3; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:4-5; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:6; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:7; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:8; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 4:9; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading "Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World" by Max Lucado (Amazon Kindle, Amazon Hard-copy)

Recent GO DEEPER opportunities:


You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.


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Press On Together

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This week Pastor Travis invites us to use “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading) in reading the verses from Philippians 3:12-21 to let the Holy Spirit use God’s Word to give us real confidence in living life this week and in the days ahead.

An African Proverbs says "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

Here are the guidelines that they use:

  • Read/Lectio
  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Below is the list of the next six days of passages for this week:

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:12; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:13; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:14; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:17; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:18-19; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:19-21; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading “Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Amazon Kindle, Amazon Hard-copy)

Previous recent GO DEEPER opportunities:


You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.


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Where Real Confidence Comes From

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This week Pastor Burkey invites us to use “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading) in reading the verses from Philippians 3:1-11 to let the Holy Spirit use God’s Word to give us real confidence in living life this week and in the days ahead. Here are the guidelines that they use:

  • Read/Lectio
  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Below is the list of the next six days of passages for this week:

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:10; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:1; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:2-3; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:4-6; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:7-9; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 3:10-11; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World by Martin Marty (Amazon Kindle, Amazon Paperback, Audible)

Previous recent GO DEEPER opportunities:


You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.


Trunk-or-treat

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The [False] Gospel Of Me

Blaise Pascal QuoteThe Travis Ferguson Pastoral Dictionary of Opinions, Thoughts, and Meanderings defines the “Gospel of Me” as:

gos·pel · of · me |’gäspəəv mē

noun/verb

  1. A gimme gimme Gospel that wants all the good God has to offer without any of the sacrifice.
  2. A gotta gotta Gospel where an individual looks to his or her own self for salvation, rather than to Jesus.

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This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

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Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:12; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:13; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:14; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:15-16; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:17-18; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:19-20; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

Previous recent GO DEEPER opportunities:


You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.


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The Power Of The Third Chair

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This week Pastor Burkey invites us to pursue the power of life in the third chair as Paul lays out in Philippians 2:1-11:

1st Chair -- Put God in first place in your life. 

2nd Chair -- Place the needs of others before my own.

3rd Chair -- Seek to respond with a humble heart.

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This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON LECTIO DIVINA.

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:1-2; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:3-4; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:5; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:6-8; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:9-10; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 2:11; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading* - Thriving in Babylon: Why Hope, Humility, and Wisdom Matter in a Godless Culture by Larry Osborne.

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You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.


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Christ’s Will > ?

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This week's Message from Pastor Burkey was centered on "Is Christ's Will greater (>) than my questions (?s) related to: feelings, fear, and/or pain."  This week's GPS will help us to address our questions.

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This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON LECTIO DIVINA.

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:20; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:21; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:22-24; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:25-26; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:27-28; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:29-30; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading -- Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby and Claude V. King.

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You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.



When Life Goes Bad Can Actually Be Good

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When life turns to the bad, there are three opportunities you can experience:

  1. See God at work
  2. Influence others.
  3. Experience a closer walk with Jesus.

This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON LECTIO DIVINA.

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:12-19; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:12; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:13-14; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:15-17; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:18; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:19; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

You can GO DEEPER this week by reading -- Laugh Again: Experience Outrageous Joy by Charles Swindoll.

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You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.



Converging

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“When there is a tendency to compartmentalize the spiritual and make it resident in a certain type of life only, the spiritual is apt gradually to be lost. When there is a tendency to integrate the spiritual and have all areas of life converge with the cross, the spiritual is apt gradually to grow.” – Flannery O’Connor

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This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON LECTIO DIVINA.

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:3-5; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:6; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:7-8; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:9; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:10; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:11; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

Previous recent GO DEEPER opportunities:


You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.



Know Your Story

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This week we to continue to develop a spiritual habit called “Lectio Divina” (Spiritual Reading):

  • Reflect/Meditatio
  • Respond/Oratio
  • Rest/Contemplatio
  • Resolve/Incarnatio

The first 4 days the challenge is in reading the stories from Acts 16 about Philippi – how Paul got there, the 3 people who are the first members of the Philippians church.

Pastor Burkey & Pastor Travis have found Lectio Divina to be a powerful tool for them to hear God speaking into their daily life as each of them engages in His Word. Here are the guidelines that they use, and the following are six days of passages for this week:

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON LECTIO DIVINA.

Day 1: Read/Lectio: Acts 16:6-10 (Paul’s Vision); Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 2: Read/Lectio: Acts 16:11-15 (Lydia); Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 3: Read/Lectio: Acts 16:16-21 (Slave Girl); Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 4: Read/Lectio: Acts 16:22-34 (Jailer); Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 5: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:1; Phrase: ________________________________________

Day 6: Read/Lectio: Philippians 1:2; Phrase: _________________________________________

You can GO DEEPER this week by: 

You can also listen to this guided audio example:

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You can also watch this week's sermon or read the full message & GPS here.