Sense of Belonging: By Faith

Over the last several weeks we have talked the idea of belonging. Belonging has been a bit difficult to talk about because it is hard to define. For the next few blogs we’ll conclude discussion around this section of blogs from the book “From Here …By Faith,” by Lenny Ouradnik.

Let me encourage you to think about what it means to really belong to God. Look through the prayer that Paul writes to the Ephesians beginning in Chapter 1 and continuing all the way through Ephesians 3. See how Paul prays for you to come to know Jesus and how meaningful it is that you belong! Let it sink into your heart and, as he says, let His love take root in your heart in a way that you may never have imagined.  

• What does belonging to something mean to you?

• Do you feel like you belong to God right now? What is in the way? What should you do about that?

• How does your faith connect you to God? (See Ephesians 2:8-10)

• Think about a time when you really believed you belonged.

• What was important to you about that time?

• Think about a time when you didn’t feel like you belonged. What did you want to do about it? Was what you did successful, you found a way to belong?

We have works to do and we’re going to need faith to do them!  

**(See earlier blogs for more on God’s plan for you  or buy the book “From Here …By Faith”)