Corn Maze

You that check the blog from time to time will be the first to know...

This will be announced next Tuesday, but you guys will know from checking here. On Wednesday, Oct. 31st we will be going up to Terrebonne to run the corn maze. We'll be doing it in the dark, so it should be fun.

Remember what we talked about last Tuesday? What better way to start a conversation with your friends than by inviting them along.

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Ekklesia

Hopefully none of you missed our study tonight. But just in case you did, here's a recap:

We made it to Romans 9:3 tonight. There we read that Paul would go to hell if only his countrymen could be saved. What a remarkable statement! I read this in preparation for our study weeks ago and haven't been able to get it out of my mind since. How many sleepless nights have I had worried about the salvation of the lost? Not nearly enough, I know that. This really got me thinking about some things.

What is church? Is it a building that we meet in? No, the church is the people. The building is a building. Sing it with me, "We are the church, we are the people." Oh, sorry, never mind that. But its true. We, as individual believers, make up the church. Tonight we looked through various places in the New Testament and never once came across a passage that said the believers were "going to church."

What is its function? Three things:
• To exalt God (1 Pet. 2:9)
• To edify the saints (Col. 1:28)
• To evangelize (Matt. 28:19,20)

We then looked at a couple of scripture passages to challenge us.
• Matt. 5:14-16 If we are the light of the world, we need to be shining. Instead of shining, are we hiding our light under a basket?
• 1 Cor. 1:26-29 Are you intimidated by not knowing enough? Do you think you aren't well enough equipped to be used? Poppycock! I would say its easier to be too well equipped to be used than not well enough equipped.

We then looked at Rom. 10:1. Here we see the key. Paul prayed for his fellow countrymen.

So here's what I want us to do. We finished our night by talking about what friends God has put in our path that need to be saved. We talked about our need to be praying for them. I would like to make the comment board of this post a bit of a prayer board. Over the next weeks and months let's put up comments here about how God is opening doors for us to share with those friends we are praying for. By doing so we can encourage each other to keep pushing on, as well as remind us to keep praying for each other. So name the friend or friends you're praying for, and from time to time update us on the progress.

If comments are off track, I'll moderate them, so keep the small-talk for the other posts.

Next Tuesday we'll look at some more practical ways to share.

Congrats Dan!!

Dan got his license. This is a post to tell Dan "Congrats" as well as warn all those other drivers on the road to beware. Naw, we know you'll do great.

Somebody better tell Dan this is here so he can comment, too.