Hebrews 10:24-25
“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
How To Participate?
When you want to get into top shape, you have to have a plan. It’s always best to join with others so that you can encourage one another as you start your training program together. That’s what Spring Training: 8 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness is designed to do for all of us at First Baptist Dallas.
Why Spring Training?
As the church of First Baptist Dallas, we want to work together to get spiritually fit. That means getting back into the daily and weekly habits that condition us spiritually to know and love God. When we gather in person with the church weekly, when we read Scripture and pray daily, when we give and share our faith, we experience joy and see the power of God working through us in the lives of others.
Spring training is an annual time that baseball teams set aside to form good habits. Once teams form these habits together, they’re refreshed and fit to start a successful season. If sports franchises recognize the need for training and refreshing good habits, how much more do we need this for the church and our spiritual lives?
How To Use The Guide
When you want to get into top shape, you have to have a plan. It’s always best to join with others so that you can encourage one another as you start your training program together. That’s what Spring Training: 8 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness is designed to do for all of us at First Baptist Dallas.
The underlying conviction of Spring Training is that Christianity is not a solo sport. As you do this eight-week program, make sure you talk about it frequently with others. Take time to encourage and discuss. Ask for help and advice when you need it. We’re a team, and we get stronger together!
Sunday
Gather For Worship
Each week starts with gathering in person for worship and Sunday School. This is vital. When you begin the week by engaging with the church body, that fellowship and encouragement fuels you for the rest of the week.
Monday
Determine Prayer Priorities
Every Monday, you will determine your prayer priorities for the week. You can split your prayer priorities into three groups: what you are praising and thanking God for, what you are asking God for yourself, and what you are asking God on behalf of others.
MidWeek
Read The Bible
For each weekday, there are selected passages from Scripture that reinforce the emphasis for the week. These passages were selected to help you reflect on who God is and remind you of how He has called us to live. Each day, take a moment to write down what you are learning about God and how it might change your life. To be spiritually fit, we need to ask each day how we can better align our minds and our lives with God’s truth!
Friday
Memorize The Key Verse
Memorizing Scripture is a way to internalize it. If you know God’s Word by heart, you can think about His truth often and apply it to situations you face. Throughout the week, work on memorizing the key verse and encourage others to learn it
with you.
Saturday
Review Your Week
Each week ends with a chance to reflect on how you did, how God is at work in your life, and how you can continue to grow and improve the next week. You will also be asked to evaluate whether you’ve practiced each of the five habits.
Weekly Walkthroughs
Podcast Episodes
“I have loved my first week of Spring Training! Each day my prayer list has grown and grown. The Bible verses we have been given each day have touched my heart and helped me mature in my faith. I am still growing in Christ. Thank you!”
The most important training is that which pursues the most important goals. Instead of pursuing a trophy or a credential, every Christian should pursue the very highest goal, the eternal rewards God has promised. Paul described the contrast: “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
The most important training is that which pursues the most important goals. Instead of pursuing a trophy or a credential, every Christian should pursue the very highest goal, the eternal rewards God has promised. Paul described the contrast: “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
The most important training is that which pursues the most important goals. Instead of pursuing a trophy or a credential, every Christian should pursue the very highest goal, the eternal rewards God has promised. Paul described the contrast: “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
The most important training is that which pursues the most important goals. Instead of pursuing a trophy or a credential, every Christian should pursue the very highest goal, the eternal rewards God has promised. Paul described the contrast: “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
The most important training is that which pursues the most important goals. Instead of pursuing a trophy or a credential, every Christian should pursue the very highest goal, the eternal rewards God has promised. Paul described the contrast: “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8).
5 Habits Of A Healthy Christian
The gathering of the church is a “habit.” The neglect of gathering is also a “habit.” What we do repeatedly, whether for good or for ill, leads to the formation of habits.
Habits determine who we will become. Scripture tells us that the habit of engaging in the life of the church recharges us spiritually, encouraging us and making us ready to stand before Christ someday.
HABIT 1 | Gather weekly with God’s people for worship and Sunday School
Acts 2:42–47
“They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.”
Hebrews 10:24–25
“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
HABIT 2 | Pray daily
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6–7
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
HABIT 3 | Read God’s Word Daily
Psalm 1:2
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.”
Psalm 119:15–16
“I will meditate on Your precepts
And regard Your ways.
I shall delight in Your statutes;
I shall not forget Your word.”
HABIT 4 | Give generously to support God’s work and mission
Malachi 3:10
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”
2 Corinthians 9:6–9
“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written, ‘He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, His righteousness endures forever.’”
HABIT 5 | Share the Christian faith with others
Matthew 28:19–20
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Romans 10:13–15
“For ‘Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!’”
Make Your Commitment
Commit to becoming spiritually fit with the First Dallas family Sunday, April 3 – Sunday, May 22. Let us know that you are accepting this challenge by filling out the form below.