BULLETIN! BEGINNING IN TWO WEEKS WE WILL DO
Please order your book now from Amazon, Christianbook, Walmart (Walmart is the cheapest.) You can also get it used. This will take us to Lent with a week break for Thanksgiving and another for Christmas.
NOW, BACK TO PAIGE FOR THE FINAL TWO WEEKS.
Just Two More Weeks with Paige! This week she explains the main melody of John is love. And next week is the finale with:
THAT YOU MAY KNOW…..!
Here are the Scriptures she goes through in succession.
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Hopefully you’ve been watching Paige, but if not, she is still up until Tuesday night. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQo5DG7ozcY
SUNDAY:
- How have you experienced the love, mindfulness, or comfort of the Lord this wee
MONDAY: 1 John 2:7-11
Since Paige gave us the texts, I’m going to do this a bit differently. Read the text each day and I’ll give a few questions from both that, and from Paige, and look for your remembrances from Paige on this particular text.
2. What stands out to you from John 2:7-11 and why?
3. The book of Leviticus tells us to love our neighbor — so this is an old commandment. But what has changed (verse 4) to make it new?
4. Last week Paige made a difference in my life when she said that because our hearts are deceitful, if we ask if something is sin, we may rationalize that it is not. But if we ask if it pleases the Lord, we may realize our deceitfulness. If we ask is this how the True Light would walk, we see a difference. Can you give an example from your life where that might cause you to recognize deceitfulness inyour heart?
5. What does John say in verses 9-11 about the one who hates his brother?
6. Paige said if you are not loving someone, you are hating them. Thoughts?
7. What else from these verses stood out to you from Paige?
TUESDAY: 1 John 3:11-18
8. What stands out to you from the text and why?
9. Cain was the firstborn of humanity (Adam and Eve were not born but created from the dust and Adam’s rib). How do you see original sin in him.
10. Why did Cain hate his brother according to verse 12?
11. Paige said we may feel jealousy of the righteous. Thoughts?
12. What did Paige say it means if the world loves you?
13. What do we know if we love the brothers?
14. Paige brought out Francis Schaeffer’s The Mark of a Christian. What do you remember?
15. How did Christ exemplify love according to verse 16? How did Paige apply this to us?
16. What else from the text or Paige stands out to you?
WEDNESDAY: 1 John 4:7-21
17. What stands out to your from this text and why?
18. What does your practicum look lik
A.Authenticity (Father): See verse 7 — why should we love one another if we are authentic?
B. Priority: (Family) Since we are a family, who should we not love in the family of God? If you’ve read The Mark of a Christian — what do you remember?Father: Since we have been born of God, what should love flow from us to everyone in our path? (verse 7)
C. Integrity (Faithfulness) She quoted Karen Jones on how people define love in such crazy ways — even to justify sin. God’s love must be defined within Scripture’s definition of morality. Thoughts?
D. Liberality (Freedom) What did she mean We have the moneytree? She also said that the more we give the more we have. Have you experienced that? Explain.
E. Visibility (Fulfillment) How does 1 John 4:20 explain this? 3 marks: Continue in Word, bear fruit, love one another. Those things make your love visible. How are you doing? She mentioned Theo of Golden. Point?
F. Security (Fearlessness) (We will pick this up next week — perfect love casts out fear.)
19.. Paige said there are only four God is statements in the Bible. Can you list them, beginning with God is love? How do these four statements work together?
20. Why is it important to know you are beloved? Do you know this?
Thursday through Next Tuesday — Watch Paige and share your thoughts. I will post one more week with Paige and then we will be doing The Jesus Who Surprises — so get your book NOW! Thanks.
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1. How have you experienced the love, mindfulness, or comfort of the Lord this week? I was reminded of this verse from two different and unrelated sources this week. It caught my attention because these have been life-giving words, especially in this past year. Psalm 73:26 “The Lord is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” I became curious about the word “portion” and discovered that the original meaning comes from the language of inheritance. Nothing earned. Simply given. I hope to participate in the upcoming study, The Jesus Who Surprises. I have missed this interaction.
I love that: inherited! Oh how wonderful it will be to have you, Nila, with us in The Jesus Who Surprises. You can bring us musical suggestions to go with the lessons! I might have to approve you if you give links, but I can do that. (The nonhuman filter is suspicious of links for they may go to products — so they make me approve them.)
Thank you Dee 🙂
Oh, Nila! Amen to Dee. Love this: ‘‘nothing earned. Simply given” . It will be wonderful to see you for the next study. I have missed you!
Oh, wow, Nila! I need to write that down. Psalm 73:26: “The Lord is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” I became curious about the word “portion” and discovered that the original meaning comes from the language of inheritance. Nothing earned. Simply given.
Love that you will be with us on the next study. Yes, on the music from you, as mentioned by Dee!
SUNDAY:
How have you experienced the love, mindfulness, or comfort of the Lord this week?
Earthly goodbyes seem hard. After my dear friend Barb’s passing, I went to check on an older couple that I have been helping with chores. They are frail in health but have been at a senior complex for 5 years, choosing to live independently with some home care and meal assistance. They are of means but chose to live simply. After a fall on the wife’s part and a trip to the emergency room for the husband, their only daughter (who is a widow) decided to have them move in with her in her spacious house. I was so happy to hear this news for their sake.
In a span of three weeks, we have lost Barb, a couple is moving, and another lady moved to be closer to her daughter. There are a few snowbirds in our congregation as well.
I have been feeling the change in the season of life for Richard and me; the above significant changes have added some kind of melancholy to my spirit. Yet, the Word of God is living and active. He continues to illumine my mind to the faithfulness of His character. He is mindful of me and continues to give me a Godward perspective of life here on earth. And the hope of eternity with Him gives me courage to face each new day.
Dee, I am excited that we are doing “The Jesus Who Surprises”. A few years ago, I did the study with an elderly friend, Pat. She has now gone on to be with the Lord, but I remember sitting at her dining room table, sipping tea and eating some special treats she bought while we studied together. We both loved it!