Happy birthday, sister!!!!

A very awesome birthday to our lovely lady, Mrs Kiki KaoooooOOOOOOOOOooo!!!!

May God bless you and your family!

'Hooray for food, good company, laughter and memories!

Another lesson in Matthew

First off, thank you to Kiki and Marina for the taco/burrito fiesta! yummalicious! Secondly, a very happy (and now, belated) birthday to Arthur! (wooot!).

This week we studied Matthew 7: 1-6:

1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

6"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

We discussed what it meant to judge others. "Judging" implies putting yourself in a higher position of others and pointing out how bad that person is versus "rebuking" in love which points out the sin or the wrong action that's taken.

We noted that we always make mistakes, we are not sinless-- but does that mean we should never rebuke others to avoid being hypocrites? I hope not! I feel like this passage is a reminder to be careful when we rebuke others. Do so in love, always!

Announcements:

November 19 (Wednesday) -- NO SMALL GROUPS

November 21 (Friday) -- LSFG LARGE GROUP. Bowling. Let me or Marina know if you need more info. Pebbles activity.

Week of November 23-29 -- HUDDLES!!! Quarterbacks-- please work with your groups to come up with what you will be donating to for Harvest of Hope. Remember, there is matching involved. This is a great opportunity to bring some hope into people's lives around the world. Contact Bonnie for more info.

October 31st (Halloween)

Happy Halloween, friends!

What a great time to hang out and enjoy each other's company.

Be safe! --and see you at the next small group!