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November 19, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
1 John Ch. 3 Choose your abiding place:
abiding in God, in love, and in righteousness brings life and assurance;
abiding in sin, in the world, and in the devil brings death.
v.1 Because of His love for us, God has called us to an identity and reality in Him that the world doesn’t understand or value—being His children.
v.2-3 As a child of God, aspire to have purity like your Father’s,...
November 8, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
Ephesians Ch. 5 Choose the pathways through life and observe the boundaries that are fitting for children of God.
v.1 Reflect in your walk, your Father’s heart and character.
v.2 Walk in Christ’s quality of love, which is an offering that is well pleasing to God.
v.3-5 Don’t violate God’s boundaries in deeds, desires, or words.
v.6-7 Don’t let anyone persuade you that walking in disobedience to God isn’t...
November 1, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
Instructions and encouragment for believers today:
1. Keep God as your first love. (the church at Ephesus).
2. Don’t let anything stop you cold in your walk of faith, not even suffering or the threat of death. (Smyrna)
3. Hold fast to Jesus’ name and doctrine, even among people whom Satan is “ruling,” or when faithful ones are falling (being killed for their faith). (Pergamos)
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October 25, 2014
Bible
The Word of God:
shows us who God is and what He wants,
invites us into a personal relationship with God through faith in His Son,
reveals the truth and encourages us to adjust ourselves to it,
gives us understanding of spiritual realities and truth,
shows us how spiritual things work and why they work that way,
changes us on the inside,
influences us in “good,”
teaches us how to have healthy and satisfying relationships,
differentiates between right and wrong,
exposes the ene...
October 19, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
What can we learn from Hebrews Ch.11, about the life of faith that God wants us to live?
Hebrews Chapter 11 Live by great faith.
v.1-3 A life of faith becomes a testimony of things which are not visible.
v.4-6 Offer to God a life that is pleasing to Him.
v.7-12 Act on what God tells you to do, and live as having seen the fulfillment of His promises.
v....
October 13, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
1 Kings: Stay under God’s leadership.
Ch. 1 Make God the King (the Ruler*) of your heart and life, in preference to other contenders.
(Other contenders such as fear, worry, doubt, pride, selfishness, envy, hypocrisy, prejudice, covetousness, apathy, an unforgiving spirit, and so forth)
v.1-4 Cherish the King by staying close to Him and serving Him. (Doing this warms His heart.)
v.5-10 Don’t involve you...
October 5, 2014
Lessons from Home
Life’s Issues Have a Solution
Jumbled, confused, tied in knots, anxious, helpless, and overwhelmed. That’s how we can feel on the inside, as we navigate the circumstances and surprises of life.
Sometimes we just get TIRED—tired of trying, tired of rejection, tired of hitting a brick wall again and again.
Sometimes the heat of temptation gets turned up way past “simmer” to “boiling.” All we can think about is what we are NOT supposed to d...
October 3, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
Every time I study a book of the Bible, I find reasons to think it could be one of my favorites. But the Gospel of John is my favorite of all. It showcases the person and ministry of Jesus in ways that are unique, even compared to the other three gospels. John Ch. 4 shows us a glimpse of the heart of Jesus. He traveled to a well where He could talk to a woman who came that day to draw water, and He stayed to minister to the people of t...
October 1, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
Colossians Ch. 3 Center your walk on pleasing and serving Christ with these six practices.
v.1-4 Set your mind on things above, where Christ is, not on things on the earth.
v.5-9 Put off the old man with his deeds and attitudes.
v.10-14 Put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Christ.
v.15-17 Follow the counsel of three personal guides: God’s peace, Christ’s word, and Jesus’ name.
v.18-22 S...
September 21, 2014
Bible Outlines for Reading, Teaching, or Discussion Groups
The End Times
The news of world events can be scary. It’s full of “wars and rumors of wars” (Matt 24:6 NKJV) and other occurrences that will one day signal “the end of the age” (Matt 24:3 NKJV)—a time of great tribulation for many people. What are the signs of the “end,” what will happen when it comes, and what are we supposed to be doing in the meantime? Matthew Chapter 24 tells us.
Matthe...
