I know what a lot of you Leap Of Faithers are saying right now. “I’m really bummed out. Just when I was on a roll, it’s over. I was prayin’ everyday, gettin’ into Bible study, believin’ for big things. I had a good God-streak going. But it’s ended. What am I gonna do? I feel like I lost a friend… Quick let’s do another 40 days so I can keep this good thing going.”

I call this the “post-leap blues” and it doesn’t have to get the best of you. Even though Leap Of Faith is over the good things we learned and experienced don’t have to end.

After the leap

The things about the Leap that made your spiritual life alive and exciting for 40 days are things you can continue to apply everyday. You don’t need a program for good things like committing to going after God in a big way together and putting faith to work together and taking risks together and talking about it in our groups together and encouraging one another to stick with it when it gets hard and of course celebrating it together to happen. Aren’t these the things we can normally expect to happen when we commit to showing up regularly and participating wholeheartedly in the faith-life of a good Jesus community? Aren’t these the very things we shoot for every week here in the NBV?

Continuing on

The Leap was a success. I believe something new was sown into the life of our church that will remain, maybe not at the same level as during The Leap but to a greater level than before it. It could be faith in answered prayer, awareness of God’s love, commitment to praying for your six, commitment to involvement in our community, or all of the above. These things can continue and even grow.

We don’t have any big, formal follow-up plan in mind right now. To be honest, programs can get old and religious real fast. But for those of you who were particularly inspired by the Leap and are asking what’s next, the answer is found in God himself. He’s gotten your attention so why not pray and ask him if there’s any specific next step he’d have you take to keep the momentum going in your life and see what happens. I’m sure he has a way for you to keep the fire burning and avoid those post-Leap blues. Let me know what you end up doing and how it goes.

If you’d like to listen to a few more of my thoughts on life after the Leap, listen here: Post Leap of Faith

We plan on getting feedback from you  at our upcoming Core meeing in May so we can continue to build off of this and get the most out of this wonderful community experience we shared together. Plan on attending. We’d sure like to hear from you.

See you Sunday
Mike T