Please post any prayer requests you may have, so that we can use this as a reference to pray throughout the week for one another...
****As we begin our new study, we pray that nothing will keep our group members from their quiet/private times, and from attending! We ask the Lord to be with us in our times of study, and that when we gather that we all feel free to share our thoughts, feelings, and insights honestly, and that we have sensitivity towards each other with patience and understanding. We ask for the Holy Spirit to guide us, and that throughout this study and personal reflection, that we begin to love the Lord more deeply, that we walk closer, and that we feel his presence more tangibly. We ask for insight and guidance throughout every day of our lives! Amen. *****
Friday, July 8, 2011
Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate
Our small group has just started some new curriculum - Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges. Our first week discussion is going to be hot I can feel it - talkign about Ordinarly Saints, The Disappearance of Sin, and the Malignancy of Sin! WOW!! What an eye opening study.
We all have a tendency to sit back and ask each other why is the world like this? What is happening to today's culture? What is happening to today's youth? This weeks study is causing us to take a look at sin - and where it has gone! Think about this -
"The very word, "sin", which seems to have disappeared, was once a proud word,
an ominous and serious word.... but teh word went away. It has almost disappeared -
the word, along with the notion. Why? Doesn't anyone sin any more? Doesn't anyone
believe in sin?" - Whatever Became of Sin? Karl Menniger, 1973.
What kinds of sins are sins that you allow to penetrate into your life? "Judge not, that ye be not judged?" (Matthew 7:1, KJV) I think it's really important for us to take a look at our own lives, and figure out where we are, and where we're going!!
I'm looking forward to sharing this adventure with my small groupies! Please add your comments, and use this blog as our discussion forum. As always - if you have any prayer requests, please let us know!!!
We all have a tendency to sit back and ask each other why is the world like this? What is happening to today's culture? What is happening to today's youth? This weeks study is causing us to take a look at sin - and where it has gone! Think about this -
"The very word, "sin", which seems to have disappeared, was once a proud word,
an ominous and serious word.... but teh word went away. It has almost disappeared -
the word, along with the notion. Why? Doesn't anyone sin any more? Doesn't anyone
believe in sin?" - Whatever Became of Sin? Karl Menniger, 1973.
What kinds of sins are sins that you allow to penetrate into your life? "Judge not, that ye be not judged?" (Matthew 7:1, KJV) I think it's really important for us to take a look at our own lives, and figure out where we are, and where we're going!!
I'm looking forward to sharing this adventure with my small groupies! Please add your comments, and use this blog as our discussion forum. As always - if you have any prayer requests, please let us know!!!
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