Another great Wednesday chapter leads to another excellent Thursday discussion. More than just giving me license to keep wearing all the Spurs stuff I've acquired as hard core fan of my beloved cagers, Hebrews (HEB -- coincidentally a SA based grocer ... or is it?) provides a great verse at the core of community.
Heb 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Leroy Eims looks quickly and closely at this verse http://turret2.discipleshiplibrary.com/TMS10S.mp3
Mr. Eims also takes us beyond the what and into the how, who and whom. Implicit in how we spur one another on to love, for example, is by loving. Good deeds, by doing and encouragement in humility to the humble. Awesome stuff.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Week 7
Admonish. Get to the rebukin'! J. Vernon McGee gets to it, and I mean right to it, when you click http://turret2.discipleshiplibrary.com/58044HEB.mp3
It's just a couple of minutes, but it gets to the core of what Hebrews' author was challenging his readership to. See Hebrews 5:11-14.
From whom do you accept a good rebukin'? How do you accept it? Help me out, there's a Psalm that sounds like a Proverb that talks about the slap of a righteous man being better than the kiss a fool -- at least that's how I remember it. What's the verse?
How do you move your own walk from Simulac to Three Forks?
As Mr. McGee says, no growth occurs without the Bible. All the "I feel, I think, I believe" in the world won't get the point across like a good solid verse. II Timothy 3:16 makes the promise and if you so choose, not a day will go by without the promise being kept.
It's just a couple of minutes, but it gets to the core of what Hebrews' author was challenging his readership to. See Hebrews 5:11-14.
From whom do you accept a good rebukin'? How do you accept it? Help me out, there's a Psalm that sounds like a Proverb that talks about the slap of a righteous man being better than the kiss a fool -- at least that's how I remember it. What's the verse?
How do you move your own walk from Simulac to Three Forks?
As Mr. McGee says, no growth occurs without the Bible. All the "I feel, I think, I believe" in the world won't get the point across like a good solid verse. II Timothy 3:16 makes the promise and if you so choose, not a day will go by without the promise being kept.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Week 6
Sure, there was some Philemon talk. By the way, as my mother so astutely pointed out this weekend, it's pronounced fi LEE mun. My response? "How would you know?" Not one to break a commandment, and post said break, I wasn't being disrespectful. It was more sardonic commentary on the under-utilization of this Pauline letter. Really.
What happened in our meeting was less exegesis and more intercession.
Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Frankly, we all struggled with what to talk about with Philemon on the docket. But as we investigated forgiveness in light of the neighborhood scene, we uncovered a potential opportunity to breathe life into a potential drowning victim about to reach teen age.
Donald Miller's, To Own a Dragon came up. Then, BAM! Out comes Todd Wagner with some quotes from the book Sunday. Tim's testimony places him first on the list to read it, but maybe it will make its way around.
Fortunately, there's not a tidy summary statement to this entry. Just encouragement. Stay disciplined and in the Word. Rest in the confidence of Romans 8:26. Rest in Hebrews 4. Rest in Psalm 23. Rest.
What happened in our meeting was less exegesis and more intercession.
Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Frankly, we all struggled with what to talk about with Philemon on the docket. But as we investigated forgiveness in light of the neighborhood scene, we uncovered a potential opportunity to breathe life into a potential drowning victim about to reach teen age.
Donald Miller's, To Own a Dragon came up. Then, BAM! Out comes Todd Wagner with some quotes from the book Sunday. Tim's testimony places him first on the list to read it, but maybe it will make its way around.
Fortunately, there's not a tidy summary statement to this entry. Just encouragement. Stay disciplined and in the Word. Rest in the confidence of Romans 8:26. Rest in Hebrews 4. Rest in Psalm 23. Rest.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Week 5
I'd circled the word persecuted in 2 Timothy 3:12. And although we haven't experienced the objective persecution Paul describes, I think we agreed that there's an enemy lurking, and attacking, in the subjective, spiritual plane. At least.
I spoke with another group. They had, in the same context, identified Satan as the source of persecution. Awesome. Don't you know it ticks him off when we expose him? He's not known as the dark one for hanging out in the light.
So, what do we do with this?
Check it out --
Ephesians 6:17 (NASB) And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Bringing it back to Paul's second letter to young Timothy,
2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
Pretty good tool, yes? But, like the kid who uses Daddy's seven iron to hit rocks -- seven irons are great at that, sure, but to what end -- let's say we don't always use it to its maximum efficacy.
If you have a helmet and sword, when are you going to put that on? Before bed? How about before you face the enemy? What if you're always under seige, would you want it all the time? -- place it on your heart, boys (Psalm 119). Could be we don't fully grasp its power. Hebrews 4:12 helps me get that. Or its versatility -- 2 Timothy 3:16.
Can I get an Amen, brothers?
Click the Hand Illustration to see more of how the Navigators help build the God-breathed, teachin', rebukin', correctin trainin' in righteousness, joint and marrow-piercing sword of the Spirit, living Bible into kids like us. It may even help your short game.
I spoke with another group. They had, in the same context, identified Satan as the source of persecution. Awesome. Don't you know it ticks him off when we expose him? He's not known as the dark one for hanging out in the light.
So, what do we do with this?
Check it out --
Ephesians 6:17 (NASB) And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Bringing it back to Paul's second letter to young Timothy,
2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
Pretty good tool, yes? But, like the kid who uses Daddy's seven iron to hit rocks -- seven irons are great at that, sure, but to what end -- let's say we don't always use it to its maximum efficacy.
If you have a helmet and sword, when are you going to put that on? Before bed? How about before you face the enemy? What if you're always under seige, would you want it all the time? -- place it on your heart, boys (Psalm 119). Could be we don't fully grasp its power. Hebrews 4:12 helps me get that. Or its versatility -- 2 Timothy 3:16.
Can I get an Amen, brothers?
Click the Hand Illustration to see more of how the Navigators help build the God-breathed, teachin', rebukin', correctin trainin' in righteousness, joint and marrow-piercing sword of the Spirit, living Bible into kids like us. It may even help your short game.
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