Lion's Den

Paul Kirsch led the group today as he went over Daniel 6 - Daniel in the lion's den.

His handout was entitled: The Inspiration of Daniel in an Age of Relativism. (Based on book by John Lennox, professor of mathematics at Oxford University.)

L ive
E ternal
T ruth

We pray that God will warm your heart for Him.

3 words

Thank you David Wooddell from the Navigators for leading our study today.

3 words in the salvation process:

Justification
Sanctification
Glorification

 

He will finish the work He began

Our study today was over Phil 3:1-11

Paul Kirsch came in with Ron Wheeler today. Paul will be leading us for several weeks while Ron is leading a camp for budding cartoonist. After Ron read those eleven verses from chapter 3 he asked us what we drew from that - what are our first thoughts. Paul mentioned that he always thinks about the perspective that is being given.

Here are some of my notes. (Please feel free to offer your own notes. Any of us can update this blog.)

Finally brothers, rejoice in the Lord.

Beware of evil.

Worship God in Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the world.

Ron brought us to Phil 1:6 - Jesus will finish the work He begun in us!

We are to have confidence in Jesus Christ.

Paul fit the bill to open up the promise of God to the Gentiles. He was the consummate Jew/Roman.

Here are some pictures from today. (There were others in the class today but these are the ones who I was able to obtain pictures of.)

how often do you

How often do you follow up with your friends after you've prayed for them?

Just saw this question on Facebook. Excellent question. Here is the article that followed the question.

Four Ways to Be Devoted to Others in Prayer.

P.S. Don't forget to thank God after He answers . . . oh, and don't forget to thank Him for listening. :)

God is so good!

don't sit too close

We started out laughing about how far we were sitting from Ron. Just like most people do in church - head for the back pews. More people arrived and we had a couple on the phone. This was a fun meeting.

The opening prayer contained a wonderful statement asking God to bring thoughts of Him to the front and discard the thoughts that aren't of Him.

We are still in Chapter two of Philippians. We started with verse 12 as a review for a couple of people who had joined us. Ron mentioned Acts 20 about how Paul made an example of himself. He did not complain about being in jail and in chains. He shined (and sang) with his love for God.

Ron asked for examples of how this works in our workplace.

1 Cor 15:58 Stand firm. Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord. The work is not in vain. The Lord can see the big picture. (You might just see the trunk of a tree but the Lord can see the entire forest - He sees what that was meant for.)

Col 3:12: As God's chosen people, dearly loved . . . bear with each other as the Lord forgives you . . . be thankful.

jotted

I am so sorry that I haven’t been updating our blog with what we’ve done in Bible Study. Our meetings are wonderful, full of information and sharing. I love how we come together to learn about Jesus. 

Some of the quick notes I jotted down from last Thursday:

Bible Study

May 12, 2016

Do you have to be a doormat? See Daniel 1

Daniel made a respectful appeal. He went up the ladder as he should. He prayed. (When he felt that he couldn’t eat the food from the King’s table.)

Phillipians 2:12 working out your salvation (isn’t what I thought it was. I love how we look at so many angles.)

Do everything without grumbling and complaining . . .

Couplets

Obey first: Understand Later - eastern philosophy as opposed to western?

We are ambassadors of Christ. Have you noticed how others will immediately be angry with you? Could this be a cover for their fear? (We were talking about the story in the Bible where the pigs went into the sea. The people asked Jesus to leave.) Non-Christians see anger and condemnation where we see freedom and eternal life . . . why is that?

We had questions about the unforgivable sin: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Ron said that he would research further and get back with us this coming week.

Here are a few articles he discovered:

http://billygraham.org/answer/i-know-im-going-to-hell-when-i-die-because-ive-blasphemed-the-holy-spirit/

http://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/why-blasphemy-against-holy-spirit-unpardonable-sin

http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/beyond-forgiveness-blasphemy-against-the-spirit

I completely understand how you would be aggravated with my note taking. It is hard to remember to take notes when you are so engrossed in the discussion. J

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in tune with each other

A fellow blogger (Kris Wood) put this post together this morning and I want to share it with you.

"Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.” -- Ann Voskamp

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble." Helen Keller

"Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." Colossians 3:15-17 MSG

Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other.

We so need this.

Love,
Kelly

Peace of Christ keep us in tune with each other, in step with each other.