Episodes
Vital Living Series Trailer
A short introduction to SeekandFind.Life's Vital Living Series!
Episode 1: Series Introduction
This episode gives an introduction to the vital living series including an overview of the series and the series format.
Here is a link to the book mentioned in the episode: The Training and Practice of the Vital Groups
Today's exercises:
1. Join our community! You can join here
2. Pray for a companion
Episode 2: Goals and Fellowship
This episode covers the goals of the series and how to build a personal relationship with the Lord through fellowship. Here's the link to our community again: Join Community
This week's objective goals:
1. Join our community and participate!
2. Spend personal time with the Lord each day.
3. Connect with another believer each day.
This week's subjective goals:
1. Have a personal relationship with the Lord.
2. Have a genuine love for the Lord.
3. Have a personal relationship with a companion.
Today's exercises:
1. Take at least 5min to tell the Lord what's making you anxious and why.
2. Make a short list of potential companions and pray over it.
3. Join our community here if you haven't already.
Episode 3: Repentance and Love
This episode covers developing our love for the Lord through repentance.
Today's exercises:
1. Take 10min to repent to the Lord, remembering everything He has done for you.
2. Pray over your list of companions and reach out to them.
3. Join our community here if you haven't already.
Episode 4: Confession and Love
This episode covers developing our love for the Lord through confession.
Today's exercises:
1. Take at least 5min to confess your sins before the Lord.
2. Continue to pray over your list of companions and see if one would be open to joining you starting tomorrow.
3. Join our community here if you haven't gotten a chance to yet!
Episode 5: Companionship
This episode covers the importance of companionship in our Christian life.
Today's exercises:
1. Set a concrete time each day to do the exercises.
2. Agree with your companion on the best way to support each other.
3. Continue to practice having a daily time of fellowship and confession with the Lord and check-in with your companion.
4. Join our community here if you haven't gotten a chance to yet!
Episode 6: Companion Fellowship
This episode covers building a personal relationship with a companion.
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to practice having a daily time of fellowship and confession with the Lord and check-in with your companion.
2. Schedule a time to get to know your companion better.
3. Post your companion prayer burdens in a visible place and pray for them.
4. Join our community here if you haven't gotten a chance to yet!
Episode 7: Week 1 Review
This episode reviews all the progress made in week 1!
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to practice having a daily time of fellowship and confession with the Lord and check-in with your companion.
2. Catch up on any exercises you might have missed or connect with your companion.
3. As always, join our community here if you haven't gotten a chance to yet!
Episode 8: Week 2 Overview
This episode covers our 4 daily habits, this week's goals, and a little bit about the Recovery Version Bible. As always, you can join our community here!
Four Daily Habits:
1. Fellowship with the Lord
2. Confession
3. Companion fellowship
4. Contacting others
This week's objective goals are:
1. To continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession each day.
2. To continue to connect with your companion each day.
3. To have a list of people to contact each week.
This week's subjective goals:
1. Have honest and open conversations with the Lord.
2. Have a real and fresh consecration to the Lord.
3. Have honest and open conversations with your companion about your spiritual condition.
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to practice having a daily time of fellowship and confession with the Lord and check-in with your companion.
2. Check out Bibles for America and the Recovery Version Bible: Apple Books, Amazon Kindle, Google Play Books, or read/order online.
3. Connect with your companion and get to know each other.
Episode 9: Openness
This episode covers openness, having open fellowship with the Lord. As always, you can join our community here!
3 words for openness:
1. Empty
2. Genuine
3. Free
Today's exercises:
1. Have open fellowship with the Lord by opening up to Him the negative things within you.
2. Check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Spend time to get to know your companion better if you haven't gotten the chance yet.
Episode 10: Confession in the Light
This episode covers confession under the Lord's light. As always, you can join our community here!
Cycle of Life (See 1 John 1:7, footnote 3 in the Recovery Version Bible):
1. Life
2. Fellowship
3. Light
4. The precious blood of Jesus
Today's exercises:
1. Take time to confess under the Lord's light.
2. Check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Spend time to get to know your companion better if you haven't gotten the chance yet.
Episode 11: Consecration
This episode covers consecration. As always, you can join our community here!
Bibles for America blog posts on consecration:
1. What Is Consecration?
2. How Do I Consecrate Myself to the Lord?
Today's exercises:
1. Take time to give yourself to the Lord.
2. Check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Spend time to get to know your companion better if you haven't gotten the chance yet.
Episode 12: Intimate Fellowship
This episode covers having intimate fellowship with our companions. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Do your best to share some of your spiritual problems with your companion.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession, end your time with a short consecration.
3. Check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
Episode 13: Mutual Intercession
This episode covers mutual intercession. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Come together with your companion and intercede for each other based on what you shared yesterday.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession, end your time with a short consecration.
3. Check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
Episode 14: Week 2 Review & Contacting People
This episode reviews our progress in week 2 and starts to cover contacting people. As always, you can join our community
here!
Four Daily Habits:
1. Fellowship with the Lord
2. Confession
3. Companion fellowship
4. Contacting others
Week 2 objective goals:
1. To continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession each day.
2. To continue to connect with your companion each day.
3. To have a list of people to contact each week.
Week 2 subjective goals:
1. Have honest and open conversations with the Lord.
2. Have a real and fresh consecration to the Lord.
3. Have honest and open conversations with your companion about your spiritual condition.
Today's exercises:
1. Make a list of people for whom you have a longing to receive salvation or be brought closer to the Lord.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession, end your time with a short consecration.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
Episode 15: Week 3 Overview & Praying for Names
This episode gives an overview of week 3 and covers praying for names. As always, you can join our community here!
The book I mentioned this episode:
The Training and Practice of Vital Groups by Witness Lee: Purchase a copy or read online.
Our four daily habits:
1. Fellowship with the Lord
2. Confession
3. Companion fellowship
4. Contacting others
This week's objective goals:
1. To have a names list that we pray for daily and contact weekly.
2. To continue to spend time with the Lord each day, adding desperate prayer to our time.
3. To start to pray with companions on a regular basis.
This week's subjective goals:
1. To have 3-5 names on your heart every day.
2. To see the seriousness of the 3 enemies.
3. To pray in one accord with your companions.
Today's exercises:
1. Choose 3-5 names from your list and pray for them every day.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship, confession, and a short consecration.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
Episode 16: Contacting People Weekly
This episode covers contacting people weekly. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Make a plan to contact the 3-5 names on your list every week.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship, confession, and a short consecration.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
Episode 17: The Three Enemies - Deadness
This episode covers the first of the three enemies, deadness. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession, then make a specific consecration to take responsibility for your companion.
2. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 18: The Three Enemies - Lukewarmness
This episode covers the second of the three enemies, lukewarmness. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession.
2. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
All in a purposeful, active, and living way!
Episode 19: The Three Enemies - Barrenness
This episode covers the third and last of the three enemies, barrenness. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Continue to spend time with the Lord for fellowship and confession, specifically around bearing fruit.
2. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
3. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
All in a purposeful, active, and living way!
Episode 20: Prayer in One Accord
This episode covers prayer in one accord. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Pray with your companion for one accord.
2. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord and check in with your companion.
3. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 21: Week 3 Review & Continuing Prayer
This episode reviews our progress in week 3 and covers continuing prayer. As always, you can join our community here!
Our four daily habits:
1. Fellowship with the Lord
2. Confession
3. Companion fellowship
4. Contacting others
This week's objective goals were:
1. To have a names list that we pray for daily and contact weekly.
2. To continue to spend time with the Lord each day, adding desperate prayer to our time.
3. To start to pray with companions on a regular basis.
This week's subjective goals were:
1. To have 3-5 names on your heart every day.
2. To see the seriousness of the 3 enemies.
3. To pray in one accord with your companions.
Today's exercises:
1. Schedule a regular time to pray with your companion.
2. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord and check in with your companion.
3. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 22: Week 4 Overview & Keeping a Journal
This episode gives an overview of week 4 and briefly covers keeping a journal. As always, you can join our community here!
This week's objective goals are:
1. Start a journal and set a weekly time to update it.
2. Set a weekly time to meet with your companion for fellowship.
3. Set a weekly time to go out and contact people with your companion.
This week's subjective goals:
1. Be regulated in the 4 daily habits.
2. Feel responsible for and accountable to your companion.
3. Feel personally responsible for your names list.
Today's exercises:
1. Set a weekly time to write in a journal.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
4. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 23: Having a Regulated Living
This episode covers having a regulated living. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Keep a daily record of your practice of the 4 daily habits and make a weekly note in your journal.
2. Continue to spend time with the Lord.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
4. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 24: A Work of Faith
This episode covers having a work of faith. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Schedule a weekly time to meet with your companion to check in, fellowship, and pray.
2. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
4. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 25: A Labor of Love
This episode covers having a labor of love. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Schedule a weekly time to contact people with your companion.
2. Optionally add a prompt on faith and love to your weekly journal entry.
3. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord.
4. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
5. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 26: An Endurance of Hope
This episode covers having an endurance of hope. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Optionally add a prompt on hope to your weekly journal entry.
2. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
4. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 27: Abiding in the Vine
This episode covers having abiding in the vine. As always, you can join our community here!
Today's exercises:
1. Optionally add a prompt on bearing fruit to your weekly journal entry.
2. Continue to spend personal time with the Lord.
3. Continue to check in with your companion and pray for their prayer burdens.
4. Continue to pray for and contact the names on your list according to your plan.
Episode 28: Vital Living Series Capstone
This episode reviews all the progress made in this series along with some brief closing thoughts. As always, you can join our community here!
Episode list and book links:
- The Training and Practice of Vital Groups by Witness Lee: Purchase a copy or read online.
- SeekandFind.Life Episode List
Our four daily habits:
1. Fellowship with the Lord
2. Confession
3. Companion fellowship
4. Contacting others
Three weekly habits:
1. Weekly Journal: To keep a journal weekly to keep a record of your practice and check in on your faith, hope, love, and fruit-bearing.
2. Weekly Fellowship: To meet weekly with your companion to check on their progress, fellowship, pray, and support each other.
3. Weekly Contact: To weekly go out and contact people with your companion to share your enjoyment with others for fruit-bearing.
This week's objective goals:
1. Start a journal and set a weekly time to update it.
2. Set a weekly time to meet with your companion for fellowship.
3. Set a weekly time to go out and contact people with your companion.
This week's subjective goals:
1. Be regulated in the 4 daily habits.
2. Feel responsible for and accountable to your companion.
3. Feel personally responsible for your names list.