Masculine Love

Love is sometimes difficult for men to practice and express. Women, comment on ways that you have seen men being loving towards others. Men, think and comment about ways you can effectively love others while maintaining Godliness and your masculinity.

Continuing Debt

Read and reflect on Romans 13:8 about the continuing debt we have as believers. What does this mean for us as Christians?

Practice those Commandments

Think of one way you can love God more with your whole being, and one way you can love someone in a way you love yourself. Then do it.

This is Love

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."( 1 John 4:10-11, NIV) Post a comment at www.ariskaday.org on a way you practice or would like to practice love for people.

The Great Lover

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13, NIV) Reflect on Jesus' love and thank Him, then share or remind someone of God's great love towards His friends (John 15:9-17).

The Greatest Commandments

This week's risks are focused on the two greatest commandments. Read about them in Matthew 22:34-40, and prepare for a week of practice and application!

Sabbath meal

Enjoy the meal you prepared yesterday, possibly with someone you invite over! If you didn't prepare a meal, try limiting food preparation time to spend more time with God and family!

Sabbath preparation

Try pre-making your meal for the Sabbath, typically celebrated on a Sunday. (Hint: using paper plates for this meal eases clean-up duty!) If you want to be bold, make extra food in case you find someone at church you can share the meal with!

Written on your heart

Look up a Bible verse that has been on your heart lately and write it down on a card. This is an effective step towards memorizing the verse! If you can't think of a verse, check out Philippians 4:4-7, Romans 8:28, Galatians 5:1 or Galatians 6:1-2.

Hang out with people...

Forego your favorite hobby today and instead spend that time in a quality way with a family member.

Take a walk...

Walk around your neighborhood and quickly pray for the residents of each house you pass.

Brighten someone's day

Take some flowers or fresh-baked items to an elderly neighbor or retirement home.

Ms. America moment

Write down (or comment here) your vision for a better world and do one thing today to achieve that goal.

Into His hands

Give your top worry to the Lord today.

Be gracious

Tell 10 people who serve you in any way, "Thank you for your kindness" today.

Join me at church...

Invite a friend, neighbor or colleage to come to church with you.

Membership has it's privileges

Join a group that is making a difference on a social issue about which you are passionate (human rights, child advocacy, environment, political reform).

Give us your Risks!

Today marks exactly 1 month of Risks on this site!

Please leave a comment on this post about how it's going for you, what we can improve and or what you enjoy about this experiment.

Also you can email any ideas that you have for Risks that we can post in the future to webadmin@global-act.org. This is intended to be a community not just a website... please get involved and give us your feedback.

Good Thinking!

The Bible says, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8, NIV Put this into practice today by thinking and talking with others about admirable, excellent and praiseworthy topics.

Save a Fiver: Skip a coffee

Forego your daily coffee today and instead place that money towards a more selfless cause.

For explanation and tips on the "Save a Fiver" risks, see here.

Love, God

Leave an inspiring book in a public place (coffee shop, bus stop, etc) with a note or inscription to encourage the person who finds it. For feedback, include your email address and encourage the recipient to pass it on after reading.

Speak to me Lord

Spend one hour alone with God - no study guides, no group Bible study. Focus on prayer, the Word and listening to the Spirit.

Do you need a hand?

Do something to help a single parent (ie. car repair, baby-sitting, housework, repairs, etc) as the Lord leads.

Unlovely

Show love today - in word or deed - to someone who is hard to love.

Expand your mind

Read a paragraph (or a full chapter!) in a faith-building or thought-provoking book.

Guide my steps

Pray specifically for God to provide a divine appointment to help someone today and act as the Holy Spirit leads.

The power of the tongue

Consciously speak only encouraging words today.

Freedom

Visit a website that lists brands which have committed to manufacturing their products using NO slave labor. Try SlaveFree first and comment on this post if you find or know of more.

Nobody's perfect

Ask the Lord to show you an area where you need to improve and focus on one aspect of that struggle today.

Armor of God

Send a letter or card to someone serving the military and thank them for their service.

A New Year

Post some of your new year's resolutions as a comment on www.ariskaday.org, especially if they are a Kingdom risk or may encourage others to Godliness!