Five Invitations: Day 1

DAY 1 - You’re Invited
Matthew 11:28-30

This week’s invitation is worship. The main Scripture text is Isaiah 6:1-8, the call of the prophet Isaiah. Please read that passage if you haven’t already. This passage was also the focus of the first message in our series. The audio can be found online.

What if God sent you an invitation?

Would you show up?

What if showing up could change your life?

This fall at Quest Church, we’re exploring five invitations to connect with God. There’s a pattern: we show up, God shows up, and we're changed for the better. We become more like Jesus every time we accept God’s invitations of grace.

At Quest, we emphasize five invitations that best help us be like Jesus: worship, give, pray, serve, belong. Christians call them different things: holy habits, spiritual disciplines, means of grace. I encourage you to think about them as invitations.

These five aren’t the only five invitations to meet God. There are many others: fasting, journaling, silence, etc. All include Scripture. But our Lead Team honed in on these five a few years ago. We want everyone in the Quest Family to worship, give, pray, serve, and belong because they help us to be wholehearted followers of Jesus Christ.

Spiritual growth happens through these connections. It’s “spiritual” growth because it’s fueled by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jesus. It’s “growth” because we’re becoming more like Jesus. Good habits grow. Desires realign. Attitudes improve. Grace works its way in us.

Jesus says in Matthew 11, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” God invites us to meet and to grow. But we have to show up.

Will you?

REFLECT:
How does thinking about spiritual disciplines as invitations from God change your view of things like prayer, service, and Scripture reading?