5 in 2025 Challenge

Participate in spiritual growth, renewal, and healthy practices with Trinity Wellsprings Church in 2025.

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Challenge #1: BIBLE

EMBARK ON A YEARLONG BIBLE READING PLAN.

Order a “One Year ESV Bible”, ($15 on Amazon) which has daily readings on each day of the year. You’ll read Old Testament, New Testament, and a very short snippet from the Psalms and Proverbs each day.

Challenge #2: PRAYER

FIND REST BY BEING WITH GOD.

Do a few of the following:

1) Spend 10 Minutes praying each morning.

2) Stay for prayer after Sunday service.

3) Join Wednesday noon prayer gatherings in the Oasis Building on campus.

4) Read a book on prayer in 2025.

Recommended Books on Prayer:

1) I often use a prayer book to jump-start my prayers in the morning. I highly recommend “The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions” ($15).

2) A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World ($11) by Paul E. Miller is fabulous. Our church did a church-wide study on this book a few years ago.

3) The PAPA Prayer: The Prayer You’ve Never Prayed ($11) by Larry Crabb is a highly conversation approach to prayer that I find valuable.

Challenge #3: DEVOTIONAL

CONNECT THE SCRIPTURE TO YOUR LIFE.

A wonderful component of the ONE YEAR ESV BIBLE, is the BOLDED VERSES that are provided with each daily reading. Therefore, I recommend:

(1) Pick out 2-3 verses from your Bible daily reading (the bolded verses work nicely). (2) Ponder these verses with the Lord during the day. (3) Start a conversation over dinner about those verses.

Four Recommended DEVOTIONALS:

1) Top Recommendation - Tim Keller’s daily devotionals in Proverbs + Proverbs:

2) New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp ($12)

3) Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology by Kevin DeYoung ($19) | Learn important systematic theology topics each day (260 topics | Monday - Friday).

Challenge #4: FAST

PARTICIPATE IN A FAST DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY CULMINATING IN A NIGHT OF WORSHIP

OPTION #1 - 21 DAY DIGITAL DETOX (January 5 - 21, 2025)

Choose four nights/week (at least) where you will refrain from watching ANY DIGITAL SCREENS (TV/MOVIES/NETFLIX) at NIGHT during the digital detox.
Commit to “Jesus before screens” - turning to prayer, bible, and devotional readings before you look at a single digital screen in the morning.
Delete all social media apps on your phone (facebook, instagram, twitter).
Delete the YOUTUBE app + any GAMES + any other timewaster from your phone.
Commit to using your phone for mainly (only?) phone calls and text messages for 21 days.

OPTION #2: Do a 1-Day or 2-Day or 3-Day Fast

FAST: Drink only water or juice for a specific period of time to seek God and pray specifically for the body of Christ at Trinity Wellsprings Church:

One Day Fast: Begin the fast on Sunday morning Jan. 26.
Two Day Fast: Begin the fast on Saturday morning Jan 25.
Three Day Fast: Begin the fast on Friday morning Jan. 24.
Break the fast with a meal (5:00 pm) and worship @ 6:00 pm at Trinity on Sunday Jan. 26.

Worship Night - January 26th: Everyone in the church family is invited to the dinner (5:00 pm) and Worship Night (6:00 pm) on January 26th — whether you did a “Digital Detox” or a “Regular Fast” or simply PRAYED for Trinity during the month of January!

Challenge #5: RELATIONSHIP

INTENTIONALLY INVEST IN YOUR SEASON OF LIFE TO INCREASE YOUR LEVEL OF CONTENTMENT

Invest in your stage of life - OR -

Single? Read Sam Alberry’s Seven Myths about Singleness ($9)
Aging? Read Alice Fryling’s Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older ($10)

Strengthen your marriage by a once-a-month date night and/or by reading a book on marriage together - OR -

Put the first five months of dates (Jan-May) on your calendar for a “date night” in 2025 – AND/OR –
Read a book on marriage together + make a plan to discuss the book 2-3 times together
- Sacred Marriage: What if God Designed Marriage to Make us Holy more than to Make us Happy? by Gary Thomas ($12)
- Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make by Paul Tripp ($12)
- Marriage Builder: Creating True Oneness to Transform your Marriage by Larry Crabb ($14)

Practice family devotions around the dinner table

Ages 3-8: The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden ($11)
Ages 6-12: The Biggest Story Bible Storybook by Kevin DeYoung (104 short chapters) ($14)
Teens: New Morning Mercies for Teens: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul Tripp ($9)

IN SUMMARY

NON-READING CHALLENGES FOR 2025:

Trinity has given you some life-transforming practices for 2025 that do not require picking up a book (other than the Bible): The 21-Day Digital Detox + Put First Five Dates (Jan - May) on your calendar for Married Couples + Connect Scriptures to Your Life by Pondering a Few Verses during the Day and Talking about them at the Dinner Table + Regular Fast. These are all practices which have the capacity to transform your life in amazing ways!