Template for Sunday ‘Meeting with God’

A core practice of Cross Training is taking additional time on Sunday to realign our hearts before God and to listen to what He has for us to do in the coming week.

• Tools Needed: Bible, Notepad, Pencil

• This assignment should take at least 30 minutes.

Step 1: Look Up 

• Recall names of God, recall attributes of God, recall promises of God – remember that He is the center and mover of all that is – anchor yourself in His living presence

Step 2: Look Inside

• Identify pockets of anxiety – do a mental mind-sweep and write down all of the worries that you have, scanning every role and responsibility that you can think of – externalize all worry, fear, and anxiety on paper

• Cast each of these cares individually before the Lord (Ps. 62:8; Phil. 4:6-7)

Step 3: Look Back

• Review the last week and confess your failings before God – look for repeated patterns of behavior that might point to deeper idols of the heart that need to be confessed

• Review the last week and thank God for His kindness – note the small things and the big things – thanksgiving produces gratitude and joy – linger in thanksgiving before God

Step 4: Look Ahead

• Preview the week to come and ask that God would help you patiently endure suffering, complete pressing tasks, love difficult people, faithfully fulfill roles, etc. Look for areas of life where you know that your strength is inadequate and ask God specifically for the grace that is needed to honor His name – remember Ps. 138:6

Step 5: Look Around

• Ask God to show you ways to serve the people around you – consider your marriage – your family – neighbors – church community – co-workers, etc.

• Ask God for opportunities to share the gospel with unbelievers

Step 6: Look Up

• Repeat Gal 2:20 and remember that wherever you go Christ goes with you.