We continued our study in Colossians learning about God's supremacy and what we need to understand from that.... That He is more than just "our homie"-- He is our supreme God, all powerful, most Holy, our Savior!
Colossians 1:15-20 (New American Standard Bible)
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
16For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.
17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
18He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
19For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,
20and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
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Homework for this week: Be Christ-like for one day and write down your thoughts throughout that day. Report back at the next small groups! :)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Freedom Summit
Hey Guys,
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Our May LSFG activity is going to be attending the Freedom Summit conference. You should've heard an announcement or received an email about Freedom Summit, which is a conference on slavery and human trafficking coming up in May.
Date: May 15-16, 2009
Location: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Mountain View, CA
If you are interested in attending, please contact Bonnie, Will, Dan or Justin.
There is more information at the Freedom Summit website.
Freedom Summit from Freedom Summit on Vimeo.
Our May LSFG activity is going to be attending the Freedom Summit conference. You should've heard an announcement or received an email about Freedom Summit, which is a conference on slavery and human trafficking coming up in May.
Date: May 15-16, 2009
Location: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Mountain View, CA
If you are interested in attending, please contact Bonnie, Will, Dan or Justin.
There is more information at the Freedom Summit website.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Sky High - Friday, April 17th
Hello LSFG San Jose!! As announced in your Fellowship groups, we’ll be having a Pebbles activity FRIDAY, APRIL 17th.
Details:
7:20pm – Meet at Sky High Sports: http://www.jumpskyhigh.com/
7:30pm – Parking Lot Picnic of Chicken McNuggets & Tacos
8:00pm – Enter Sky High
8:45pm – Puke out nuggets
10:00pm – End of event, possible dessert outing
Please CHOOSE:
A) Bringer – A bringer invites friends and will host them throughout the event. Bring a max of 2-3 friends so you can handle the load. Intro them to people who would have similar interests and would get along.
B) Clinger – A clinger will CLING to new people that bringers have brought. Your job is to pick a new person or two and really try to hang out and get to know them throughout the event. Goal is to get this person’s phone number or e-mail.
E-mail Jeremy (jeremy.c.chien@lmco.com) with your choice and if you’re a bringer, please tell him how many friends you’ll be bringing.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
March 25th: Sufficiency of Christ
At this meeting we read and discussed 1 Colossians 1: 1-8:
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2To the holy and faithful[a] brothers in Christ at Colosse:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— 5the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. 7You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
From this passage we see that Paul writes to believers that he's never met before. He's heard of them and their bearing fruit and their love in the Spirit. He identifies the church by their faith, love, and hope. We learn how important is is for us to be self-sufficient WITH CHRIST. We also learned how when reading the Word every time we re-read something we learn something new. This may be based on where you are in your life, what experiences you're going though... the Bible is God's LIVING word. Isn't that neat?
How's the gospel affect you?
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2To the holy and faithful[a] brothers in Christ at Colosse:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— 5the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. 7You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
From this passage we see that Paul writes to believers that he's never met before. He's heard of them and their bearing fruit and their love in the Spirit. He identifies the church by their faith, love, and hope. We learn how important is is for us to be self-sufficient WITH CHRIST. We also learned how when reading the Word every time we re-read something we learn something new. This may be based on where you are in your life, what experiences you're going though... the Bible is God's LIVING word. Isn't that neat?
How's the gospel affect you?
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