Celebration

<p>Below are some ideas for practicing the spiritual discipline of celebration.</p><p> </p><p>·      Keep a “celebration” journal for one month. Before going to bed, read Philippians 4:8 and write down three things that happened during the day which are a cause for celebration.</p><p>·      Plan a Jubilee Dinner. Invite friends and family to gather together asking each one to be prepared to give a testimony of a way they have experienced God’s grace in their lives in the past year. Make it a party and ask everyone to bring their favorite party food. Buy some paper party hats and hang some streamers to make it extra festive.</p><p>·      Plan a Matthew Meal (see Matthew 9:9-12) and invite people into your home that are very different from you, people you have never shared a meal with before, and just ask them to share their story. Close by celebrating each story and asking if anyone has something they would like you to pray for.</p><p>·      Send an Un-Birthday card to someone you really care about. Celebrate who they are and what they mean to you.</p><p>·      Make or buy some cookies (decorations are an added plus) and take them to work, to school, to the light rail station, or to a neighbor’s house and tell the recipients to have a happy day.</p><p>·      Memorize Revelation 21:1-5 as a way to regularly remind yourself that no matter what difficult situations you might be facing right now, something much better is to come.</p>