Bible study series: week 6: Identity and Prayer/Meditation

Identity and Prayer/Meditation

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn how to live freely and lightly. (Matthew 11:28-30 Message)”

Bible study series: week 5: Money and Materialism; Frugality and Sacrifice

Money and Materialism: Frugality and Sacrifice

 

1 Timothy 6:10: For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Bible study series: week 4: Gossip and Silence

Gossip and Silence

Ephesians 4:29: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

Bible study series: week 3: The Heart and Solitude

The Heart and Solitude

Verses about the Heart:

Proverbs 4:20-24 reminds us to keep the words of God's wisdom "in the midst of your heart," and that from there "they are life to those who find them, and health to all their whole body." (vs. 21-22 NAS) Then comes the exhortation, "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." (vs. 23).

Bible study series: week 2: Pride and Secrecy

Pride and Secrecy

We all know that Pride is a deep issue of the heart that we all struggle with. Here are some verses about pride and humility, followed by a description of the spiritual discipline of secrecy from the book: Spirit of the Disciplines, by Dallas Willard. Then there are some thought questions to think about.

Bible study series: week 1: Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Disciplines

A few years ago, I did a bible study series with one of my small groups addressing different issues of the heart and a relevant spiritual discipline to help "train" that issue of the heart. We started with a vision for our small group and an article by Dallas Willard called: How the disciple lives naturally comes out of who the disciple is. It was an awesome and fruitful series, so here is week number one and the following posts will be weeks 2-6.

Goals/ things to think about for Bible study this year: