Agenda Week of 6/10

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from June 4th to June 10th. This summer we will be going through the book The Cross-Centered Life by CJ Mahaney.

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at God’s sovereignty:

” God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.” (Acts 17.24-25)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 9

Book Reading: Chapters 1 and 2 (pp.8-23) of The Cross-Centered Life

Agenda Week of 6/3

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from May 28th to June 3rd. Last week we met to choose a book to go through over the summer months.  We decided upon The Cross-Centered Life by CJ Mahaney, and so next Wednesday, June 10th, we will start our summer trek through this small but powerful piece.  In the meantime this week will be spent discussing the Mark 8 passage that we are to read through this week.

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at God’s unchangeability:

“ Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
         And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
 They will perish, but You will endure;
         Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; 
         Like a cloak You will change them, 
         And they will be changed.
 But You are the same,
         And Your years will have no end.” (Psalm 102.25-27)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 8

Agenda Week of 5/27

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from May 21st to May 27th. We have just completed our journey through 1 Peter and this week we will continue discussing what to do over the summer months. Input will be made and everyone is invited to offer suggestions for books and studies that may be beneficial for us to dive into next.

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at two verses, the first on God’s beauty and the second on God’s glory:

“One thing I have desired of the LORD,
         That will I seek: 
         That I may dwell in the house of the LORD 
         All the days of my life, 
         To behold the beauty of the LORD, 
         And to inquire in His temple.” (Psalm 27.4)

“For the earth will be filled 
      With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, 
      As the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2.14) 

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 7

Agenda Week of 5/20

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from May 14th to May 20th. We have just completed our journey through 1 Peter and this week we will be discussing what to do over the summer months.  Input will be made and everyone is invited to offer suggestions for books and studies that may be beneficial for us to dive into next.

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at God’s presence.

“Where can I go from Your Spirit?
     Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
     If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
     And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall lead me,
     And Your right hand shall hold me.“ (Psalm 139.7-10)

 

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 6

Agenda Week of 5/13

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from  May 7th to May 13th. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermons on 1 Peter 5.6-14 (1, 2).

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at God’s power.

“All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; 
      He does according to His will in the army of heaven 
      And among the inhabitants of the earth. 
      No one can restrain His hand 
      Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’“ (Daniel 4.35)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 5

Book reading: Chapter IV: Persevering in Suffering, Section 2, Part 2 (1 Peter 5.6-11) and Chapter V: Concluding Words (1 Peter 5.12-14); pp.238-252

Agenda Week of 5/6

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from April 30th to May 6th. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermons on 1 Peter 5.1-5 (here).

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at two verses, the first on God’s wrath and the second on God’s freedom.

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.’” (Romans 1.18)

“But our God is in heaven;
         He does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115.3)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 4

Book reading: Chapter IV: Persevering in Suffering, Section 2, Part 1 (1 Peter 5.1-5); pp.230-238

Agenda Week of 4/29

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from April 22nd to April 29th. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermons on 1 Peter 4.12-19 (here)

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at two verses, the first on God’s righteeousness and the second on God’s jealousy.

“He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.’” (Deuteronomy 32.4)

“For My name’s sake I will defer My anger,
  And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
  So that I do not cut you off.
     Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
     For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
  For how should My name be profaned?
  And I will not give My glory to another.” (Isaiah 48.9-11)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 3

Book reading: Chapter IV: Persevering in Suffering, Section 1 (1 Peter 4.12-19); pp.217-230

Agenda Week of 4/22

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from April 15th to April 21st. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermons on 1 Peter 4.1-11 (vv.1-6, vv.7-11).

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God. This week we will be looking at two verses, the first on God’s grace and the second on God’s patience.

“And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth.’“ (Exodus 34.6)

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3.9)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 2

Book reading: Chapter III: Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World, Section 3, Parts 3 and 4 (1 Peter 4.1-11); pp.198-216

Agenda Week of 4/15

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from April 8th to April 14th. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermon on 1 Peter 3.18-22 (here) and Mark Driscoll’s (here).

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God.  This week we will be looking at two verses, the first on God’s goodness and the second on God’s love.

“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
     Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!.” (Psalm 34.8)

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4.10)

Scripture reading and meditation: Mark 1

Book reading: Chapter III: Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World, Section 3, Part 2 (1 Peter 3.18-22); pp.179-198

Agenda Week of 4/8

These are the things which we should be working on during the week from March 26th to April 1st. This semester we will be going through the book of 1 Peter with the assistance of The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Peter, Jude by Thomas R. Schreiner. You can find information on the book here. Listen to John Piper’s sermon on 1 Peter 3.13-17 (here).

Scripture memory: We are starting to go through the Scripture memory system Treasuring God’s Truth in Your Heart. The first 18 verses in this system deal with attributes of God, starting with number one, God’s faithfulness, Proverbs 3.5-6,

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
     And lean not on your own understanding;
          In all your ways acknowledge Him,
     And He shall direct your paths.”

Scripture reading and meditation: Hebrews 13

Book reading: Chapter III: Living as Aliens to Bring Glory to God in a Hostile World, Section 3, Parts 1 (1 Peter 3.13-17); pp.168-179