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Midweek Small Group
The Power of 3 is now offering a small group companion class each Wednesday at the Alameda Campus. This “group huddle” offers:
· Casual atmosphere with coffee and refreshments.
· Group interaction and an opportunity to share and grow from what others have learned through the reading plan that week.
· In-depth teaching from Pastor Roncone on one of the passages contained in that week’s reading plan.
This is a wonderful opportunity to harness the power of good planning, group interaction and personal accountability in bringing life-giving habits to your spiritual growth. It all starts January 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm at Aurora First.
· Casual atmosphere with coffee and refreshments.
· Group interaction and an opportunity to share and grow from what others have learned through the reading plan that week.
· In-depth teaching from Pastor Roncone on one of the passages contained in that week’s reading plan.
This is a wonderful opportunity to harness the power of good planning, group interaction and personal accountability in bringing life-giving habits to your spiritual growth. It all starts January 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm at Aurora First.
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January
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- Sunday, January 31, 2010 1 John 4 - 2 John 1
- Saturday, January 30, 2010 1 John 1-3
- Thursday, January 28, 2010 1 Pet. 3-5
- Wednesday, January 27, 2010 James 5 - 1 Pet. 2
- Tuesday, January 26, 2010 James 2-4
- Monday, January 25, 2010 Heb. 12 - James 1
- Sunday, January 24, 2010 Heb. 9-11
- Saturday, January 23, 2010 Heb. 6-8
- Friday, January 22, 2010 Heb. 3-5
- Thursday, January 21, 2010 Philemon 1 - Heb. 2
- Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Titus 1-3
- Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2 Tim. 2-4
- Monday, January 18, 2010 1 Tim. 5 - 2 Tim. 1
- Sunday, January 17, 2010 1 Tim. 2-4
- Saturday, January 16, 2010 2 Thes. 2 - 1 Tim.1
- Friday, January 15, 2010 1 Thes. 4 - 2 Thes 1
- Thursday, January 14, 2010 1 Thes. 1-3
- Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Col. 2 - 4
- Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Phil. 3 - Col. 1
- Monday, January 11, 2010 Eph. 6 - Phil. 2
- Sunday, January 10, 2010 Eph. 3-5
- Saturday, January 09, 2010 Gal. 6 - Eph. 2
- Friday, January 08, 2010 Gal. 3-5
- Thursday, January 7 Reading Observations
- Wednesday, January 6 Reading Observations
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3 comments:
In the first two chapters of Galatians Paul is responding to accusations that in a desire to make the gospel more appealing to non-religious people (gentiles), he left out important legalistic requirements (circumcision). What impacted me most about this passage is the fact that legalistic people are still doing that today. If another church is finding great success brining new believers into the faith, we dismiss the viability of their ministry by saying their “watering down truth” or “going light”. Galatians is a reminder to us that our own traditions, legalism and insecurities can be the biggest hindrance to reaching lost people. Makes me wondering what legalistic baggage I’m carrying needlessly.
Galations 1:10 always gets me. Who am I seeking approval from? Am I wholeheartedly laying down my life for Christ, or am I still too worried about what the world, and sometimes the church, thinks of me? I know that I must work to please God, even if that means going "against the grain" of society, but I often times find that easier said than done. However, I know that is the life I want to live and therefore continue pressing on. I must remember that God has "set me apart" (vs. 15), and so I must be obedient to God and live in faith and obedience. Through that, Christ will be revealed in me, which is really the life that I desire.
The leadership of the various Christian churches have fallen short so pathetically. There is no endeavor to rightly divide the Word. They all protect what they know and hand it down as tradition, but not as the truth, because they have not learned how the bible interprets itself and so have no reliable way of passing on the gospel of Christ. So many denominations (400 +), and each thinking their gospel is perhaps much more correct than their neighbor's. Why; because they lay hands on the sick, speak in tongues, or cast out spirits? No, usually they haven't even achieved this minimum requirement to fully preach the gospel (Romans 15:19). So many want to appear approved(II Cor13:7), yet distain what God has given us in Christ, because they accept the limitations put on them by the different denominations. We are justified, redeemed, sanctified, reconciled and made righteous, through faith, not our denominations! Peter preached the gospel to the circumcision and Paul to the un-, but it was the same gospel.
Now we have such a mess that the Muslims and some of the Jews laugh at us. They believe in one God, whereas most Christian leaders teach there are three and some four if you count Mary. The Greek words pneuma hagion mean spirit holy and in many cases do not mean the Giver, God, and never the Holy Ghost
but the gift, little h and s. The seed, the Christ-in (1 Peter 1:23, John 3:6b)and there are specific ways in which the Holy Spirit, the Giver, empowers his gift(1 Cor 12:8-10).
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