February 2024 Update

We have finished the book of Exodus in our Monday night Bible study and are just about to start the book of Acts.  We just finished the book of Acts in our Wednesday night group, we are going through a sermon series on the book of Acts Sunday mornings at church, and The Gospel Project has been in the book of Acts this quarter as well.  If you haven't ever studied the book of Acts, there is much to see there about how the work that Jesus began is continued through the work of the Holy Spirit through the apostles and the other members of the Church at large.  We see the Great Commission being fulfilled, but we also see a book of historical narrative that doesn't seem to have an ending like we'd expect (it's left very open-ended as we are still in the process of fulfilling The Great Commission as the Church today--it didn't get accomplished in a single generation).

On Wednesday nights, we're studying the book of James--a challenging book to say the least that sounds a lot like The Sermon on the Mount.  True disciples will not only believe a certain way but will behave in a certain way that makes it obvious to those around them that they the Spirit is living in and through them.  It's definitely timely as we want to know how we should live among the world--to be in the world, but not of the world as Paul put it.

Some updates for how you can pray for my church.  Keep praying for the new building opportunity.  God is working in ways that exceeded our expectations.  This seems to confirm to us that we're doing what He wants us to be doing when He wants us to be doing it.

You can also pray for the formation of our men's ministry.  We're looking to encourage men to be readers, hearers and doers of the Word--to have right belief and right living, and to be able to impart what they have learned to other generations in line with 2 Timothy 2:2, "The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also."

Please also pray for the men of our church that will be going on a missions trip in just a couple weeks.  Everything came together so quickly for us to return somewhere we've gone before, and the Lord allowed us to raise exactly the right amount of money to send the men who wanted to go.  Some of them have gone before, others have never gone before.   I'll probably say more about this after they get back so look for something about this next month.

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