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January 5, 2019 //  by Nikol//  Leave a Comment

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Welcome To Coffee with Christ.  I’m your host, Nikol Jones.  

Finding time to read the Bible is hard.  We are so busy these days whether it is with work, family, friends, kids, extracurricular activities, or all the “To Dos” of ordinary life. 

It is hard to sit down and read the Bible let alone process what you read or hear what God has to say to you. 

If you’ve been in church for a while or you hang out around church-y people, you’ve probably heard the term “relationship with Christ.”  It’s a weird phrase if you haven’t grown up around it.  It’s also a weird phrase even if you have.  I mean, what does having a relationship with Christ even mean? 

Most people think it is going to church on Sundays

Maybe participating in a Bible Study if you’re really serious

or reading a devotional book. 

And prayer.  We can’t forget about prayer.  Some people love it; others find it  confusing and frightening.  But we all seem to manage it when something is desperately wrong.

All of these things are GOOD things.  They are building blocks for faith – every single one of them.  But they are not relationship.

Relationships are two way streets.  Think of how you interact with a friend.  What do you do? 

You call them;
you text them;
you listen or read their response. 

On the best days, you make time on your calendar to be with them.  Maybe you go to a coffee shop to catch up on their day or week or every how long it has been since you last talked.

You share what is important to you.
And they share what is important to them. 

You listen.
You learn.
And this is how we love. 

About 10 years ago, I decided to test out things I’d do with my friends (like catching up at a coffee shop) with my relationship with God.  So, even though I’m not a morning person – I got up early one morning.  I poured myself a cup of coffee even though at the time I wasn’t a coffee drinker.  I sat in my favorite living room chair; and as silly and foolish as I felt, I invited God for coffee and said out loud, “Good morning, Lord.  How are you?” 

Then, I listened. 

I listened to the clock ticking.
I listened to my dog snoring.
I listened to all the thoughts running through my mind about how stupid this was.

But I sat there – in the silence – and listened long enough to get through that first cup of coffee.  I didn’t pick up my bible until I finished.

God didn’t speak to my heart that day, but as I kept inviting him over and listening, eventually He did. 

And so, coffee with Christ was born.  I have a blog (coffeewithchrist.org) where you can read what God teaches me in my time with him. 

But I thought it would be fun to created a podcast where I can guide you through a similar process. 

It is a time for you to sit back, enjoy a cup of coffee (or your favorite drink) and listen.  I’ll go ahead and warn you – when  you’re sitting alone in the silence, it will be awkward.  But we will push through that together. 

Then, I’ll read from the Bible and ask some questions.  You can follow along in your bible but you don’t have to.  You can just listen to God’s word being read aloud.  That’s actually how God’s people heard it when it was new. 

I won’t offer insight or discuss what we just read.  There will be gaps between questions to give  you time to think.

If you like it, I hope you’ll tune in regularly and pass it along to your friends. 

So, are you ready?  We’ll get started in our next episode.   

Tag: Bible, Christ, coffee, intro, introduction, listening, quiet, quiet time, Reflection, reflection questions, relationship with christ

Day 1: The Arrival

December 2, 2018 //  by Nikol//  6 Comments

[Click here for the Intro to Christmas ADVENTure 2018]

People are in a hurry.  (I’m looking at you, Reflection.)

A LOT of people are in a hurry to put up their Christmas decorations, and it seems to get earlier and earlier each year.

I am a stickler for nothing Christmas until after Thanksgiving.  Usually, my tree goes out in early- to mid- December, but this year, that bad boy was up while the turkey leftovers were still in my refrigerator.

A  post on The Art of Simple  got me to thinking.

What if we decorated a bit slower this year?  Or next year if you’re me.

What if we, day-by-day, decorated like a slow crescendo to the big day?

It sounds crazy, right?  Maybe impossible.  The practical side of me is wondering what in the world I would do with the boxes while I slowly unpacked it all.  But what if it was possible?  What would that look like in your home?

Advent means “arrival.”  God’s people waited for the arrival of their Jesus.  They waited thousands of years for His coming.

Sometimes they worked while they waited.

Sometimes, God spoke.

Sometimes, He didn’t.

Sometimes, it seemed His arrival was right around the corner.

Sometimes, it felt like God had forgotten.

And often times, it felt like it would never come.

But still…they waited.  And God waited too…for the perfect time.

All through the Bible, all through the long years, God has been waiting for exactly the right time to send his great gift. He has been waiting for Christmas! – The Storybook Bible Advent Guideby Sally Lloyd-Jones.

So, this year (or next) think about decorating your tree a little slower to honor those who waited and to remind us that we are waiting for Him to come again.

Category: Great ADVENTureTag: Advent, Arrival, Bible, Christmas, God, Jesus, Waiting

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