There are several other important spiritual exercises and responsibilities. These are, first, important for your spiritual growth: “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come” (1 Tim 4:8).
Keep Sunday holy for God. “‘If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honourable, and if you honour it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.’ For the mouth of the LORD has spoken” (Isa 58:13-14). “Sabbath” in the church context refers to Sunday. There is great blessing when you keep this day holy for God. God will provide for your needs because you honour him on the Sabbath. And the best blessings are spiritual—the most precious things of life that makes your life abundant and satisfied. I urge you to put aside the things of the world to honour the Lord. I also urge you to get enough rest on Saturday. Then you will be physically energised to attend worship service: to praise God and to hear God’s word preached.
Study God’s word in Sunday School. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim 3:16-17). I prepared the Sunday School questions and answers with several objectives. First, to teach you how to interpret God’s word by analysing context. Second, to make the lessons relevant for your life: you learn how to live the Christian life. Also, because you study and apply God’s word not alone but together with other Christians, you can learn from each other: each will bring into the discussion how they apply God’s word to very specific situations of life. You learn how to live the Christian life in a very practical way. This is real fellowship: you build one another up in the most holy faith.
Care for each other in cell-group/fellowship meetings. Sunday School focuses on a systematic study of the Bible (with applications—limited though). In cell-group/fellowship group meetings, there is more time to interact with each other. Also, you will do topical studies of life situations. In this way, you get a concentrated dose of how to live life in that particular situation. It is a concentrated dose because you have more time to share personal experiences related to the topic. In cell-group/fellowship meetings, you also get to sing good Christian songs, pray for each other, and encourage and comfort each other in life’s very difficult journey. Fellowship time is truly refreshing.
Are they too many activities? If you obey the Bible by setting aside Sunday for God, these activities only take up half a Sunday. More importantly, they are definitely not a burden. Reason: these spiritual exercises refresh your soul and give you real energy to run life’s difficult race. Indeed, “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come” (1 Tim 4:8). Also, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things [needed to live life] will be given to you as well” (Matt 6:33).