When the prophet Ezekiel received his commission, God told him to “eat this scroll”. Prior to speaking the words of God, Ezekiel first had to be nourished by the word of God. We are what we eat (so to speak). In order to grow well, we need to eat well. We at New Life suggest a lifestyle of spiritual nourishment that includes four basic food groups: community, worship, discipleship and mission.
It is not by accident that Jesus calls his church to remember him with a meal (Luke 22:7-38). In the grace that is bestowed upon the church at communion we find nourishment in the form of forgiveness and celebration. But this discovery is not alone, it is always done in the company of others.
God has called us out of the world in order that we be “his people” (Ezekiel 37:23). Theology almost always takes place within community. Sharing and learning with believers is the first of the four of God’s food groups.
Old Testament worship included the best offering of lambs and harvest that believers could find (Exodus 23:14-17). New Testament worship, like a summer barbecue, included the wonderful fragrance of our lives given to God (Eph 5:1,2). Although, the practice of worship changed with Jesus, the pattern of praise, thanks, desire, trust, purity and service, which constitutes true worship, continues unchanged to this day. 
The Psalmist wrote that a just man was “like a tree planted near running water that yields fruit in its season.” As we are nourished we nourish those around us. This comes from practicing spiritual disciplines such as reading God’s Word, prayer, fasting, celebration, meditation, service, and confession. It is not just taking a class and being able to find Edom on a map while blindfolded. Rather, it is as much about doing as knowing. In fact, one can not know until he does (Eph 5:15-21). 
We are God’s missionary people and as such we are to be apart of God’s redemptive story. Jesus saw the world as a ripe field ready to be plucked: "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." (Luke 10:2) When repentance takes place the Father celebrates by sharing a meal with them (Luke 15). 