ICYMI: Fast 1 // Fasting from Consumption (Luke 10)
If you missed Sunday's service or could use a refresher, here's a quick recap featuring sharables and takeaways from our gathering. Scroll to the bottom for the full sermon recording.
📖 Focal Scripture
🎯 Reflection
Our overconsumption is often an attempt to avoid our limitations as human beings. Jesus sends the disciples with nothing such that they might recognize the kingdom of God in their midst. To fast from consumption is to let go of that which doesn’t satisfy our deepest hunger in order to create space for more of what does.
🗣️ Key Quotation
“God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.” — St. Augustine
🙏 Prayer
O God, my hands are so full. Show me what is mine to carry, and help me release what is not. Grant that, in the letting go, I might receive that which truly satisfies my hunger: the compassion, love, belonging, and grace manifest in the nearness of your kingdom. Amen.
➡️ Next Step
This week's next step practice is to fast from consumption. This can look like sleeping with your phone in another room, practicing a 24-hour intentional fast from something like social media, plastic, or online shopping, or spending some time in silence. Dig in more here.
