Speaker: Pastor Ron Case

Digest
1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Do I seek comfort from God who always comforts the downcast?
4) What precedes true repentance?

Manifest
1) Apply what you have learned to current life situations.
2) If you come to the Wednesday gathering, enjoy the group quest as we consider the verses together and, if God permits, be a part of the discussion.

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
– Genesis 12:2 (ESV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places”
– Ephesians 1:3 (ESV)

Digest
1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) When was the last time you heard someone commend themselves by the sufferings they experienced (verses 4-5)?
4) Do I monitor my “yoking potential” to ungodly people?

Manifest
1) Apply what you have learned to current life situations.
2) If you come to the Wednesday gathering, enjoy the group quest as we consider the verses together and, if God permits, be a part of the discussion.

“There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
– Proverbs 12:18 (ESV)

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
– Matthew 11:28 (ESV)

“…Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations”
– Romans 1:4-5 (ESV)

Digest
1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Compare 5:19 to 5:10. Will the bad things we do be held against us or are we completely off the hook as far as sin is concerned? Do these verses contradict each other?
4) Taking verses 19-20 into account, what is our responsibility to others in regards to God’s work of reconciliation?

Manifest
1) Apply what you have gleaned from God’s word to current situations in your life.
2) If you come to the Wednesday gathering, enjoy the group quest as we consider the verses together and, if God permits, be a part of the discussion.

Digest
1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Do I sense a groaning within for the eternal work of God to be completed in my life / the world? (See also Romans 8:21-23)
4) How often do I think about the judgment Christians will experience i.e., giving an account of our lives to Jesus (Hebrews 4:13)?

Manifest
1) Apply what you have gleaned from God’s word to current situations in your life.
2) If you come to the Wednesday gathering, enjoy the group quest as we consider the verses together and, if God permits, be a part of the discussion.

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”
– Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)