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) 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. Continue Reading Study of 2 Corinthians 6:3-18 and 7:1

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

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

“…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) Continue Reading Trust and Obey

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. Continue Reading Study of 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 and 6:1-2

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. Continue Reading Study of 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

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

Digest
1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Paul seems to view weakness and difficulties as assets How do I view them?
4) Am I learning to see my afflictions in the larger context of verses 16-18?

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. Continue Reading Study of 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
– Psalm 16:6 (NIV) Continue Reading Lush Zone – Joseph – Part 17