Pastor Jay //

You know I love reading Oswald Chambers. Take a look at the April, 4, 2008 devotional. Here’s a quote:

After we have the perfect relationship with God, through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, our faith must be exercised in the realities of everyday life. We will be scattered, not into service but into the emptiness of our lives where we will see ruin and barrenness, to know what internal death to God’s blessings means. Are we prepared for this? It is certainly not of our own choosing, but God engineers our circumstances to take us there. Until we have been through that experience, our faith is sustained only by feelings and by blessings…Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in His blessings, instead of in God Himself.

I am reminded again how much pruning my life needs even after 25+ years of salvation.

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April 6, 2008 - Wisdom for Fools: Six Guidelines for Wise Living

Proverbs 3:1-12

Discussion Questions:

1. What is one of the dumbest things you have ever done? (Don’t think you haven’t!)

2. How do we know that something is foolish?

3. What are some reasons that Christians are considered foolish?

4. Name three people in your life whose opinion matters to you most. Why those three?

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