Behold!
About this episode
The episode explores the biblical invitation to 'behold' and its significance in a world of short attention spans.
How long do you think your attention span is? A lot has been written about the attention spans of people, and there’s debate about whether attention spans are getting shorter or not. Well, if it’s true that we have short attention spans, and if they are potentially getting even shorter, there’s a really important invitation in the Bible that we’re going to struggle with. It's an invitation that shows up 1000 times--the invitation “to behold.” What does it mean to "behold", and why is "beholding" so important? Explore that with the group in this study called Behold. Receive Does your attention span seem to be getting shorter? If the cares of this world are pulling you in all different directions, perhaps it’s time to pause and ponder why the Bible invites us more than 1,000 times to “behold!” We live in a world of glimpses and glances, but it’s through beholding God that we are transformed and find abundant life. What could taking time to “behold” look like for you? Reflect In Genesis 1:29–31 (NASB), why did God invite Adam and Eve to behold His creation? And why did God stop and behold His creation? Beholding something can have a positive or negative effect on us. How was the new…
Topics covered
- attention span
- beholding
- Bible invitation
- transformation
- creation
- spiritual reflection
Keywords
- attention span
- behold
- Bible
- transformation
- creation
- spirituality
- reflection
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Behold, Psalm 11, Genesis 1:29–31, Exodus 1:8–10, Exodus 2:6, Exodus 3:1–2
Places: Egypt
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