Growing Deeply - Week of September 14
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Sunday Sermon “Swimming Upstream” - September 13 Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 (MSG) So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. My Notes: Growing Deeply Week of September 14 – September 19 a daily scripture guide MONDAY: Romans 12:1-8 Gifts and the body REFLECTION: Each person in the church body is an offering to Christ. As part of the church, we have roles and tasks that build up Christ’s church in the world. Everyone has a part to play. ACTION: Discover your gifts: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/spiritual-gifts. Print or save your results. Spend time this week reading about your gifts on the site. TUESDAY: Ephesians 4:1-16 More gifts… REFLECTION: This passage offers another list of gifts. Remember these lists are not exhaustive. The purpose of gifts is to build up and grow the body of Christ. PRAY: Begin a new work in me, Lord. What might you have me do with my gifts for you through your church? May I be open to grow and serve with passion. WEDNESDAY: Ephesians 4:1-16 Unity through gifting REFLECTION: As we learn where we are uniquely called to serve, discord is minimized. You see, we savor serving in the areas in which we are gifted. PRAYER: May unity be created and maintained in your church. THURSDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Gifts and the Holy Spirit REFLECTION: While gifting varies, it is the Holy Spirit who gives and empowers the gifts in us. PRAYER: Holy Spirit, have your way in me and in gifting me to serve Christ’s church. FRIDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Not just a gift REFLECTION: Watch out for the word “just”. When we say, “I’m just _______,” we are lessening the importance of that action, skill, characteristic, gift, etc.… Every gift has meaning and purpose. Even the pinky toe has a role to play in the natural body! So also is your gift important. PRAYER: God you don’t just give gifts, you anoint us and bless us with gifts. May we honor the gifts in us and live in them with boldness. SATURDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:4-26 Gifted living REFLECTION: Growing up, I was selected for the gifted program at school. In the world, only some are “gifted,” but in the Body of Christ, all are called to gifted living. PRAYER: You are not a partial God. You grace and gift each of us. Thank you for loving me and empowering me to live the gifted life. Read or subscribe to the full weekly Growing Deeply Guide at moumc.org/grow Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk. Read or subscribe to the full weekly Growing Deeply Guide at moumc.org/grow Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk.
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Sunday Sermon
“Swimming Upstream” - September 13Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
My Notes:
Growing Deeply Week of September 14 – September 19
a daily scripture guide
MONDAY: Romans 12:1-8 Gifts and the body REFLECTION: Each person in the church body is an offering to Christ. As part of the church, we have roles and tasks that build up Christ’s church in the world. Everyone has a part to play. ACTION: Discover your gifts: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/spiritual-gifts. Print or save your results. Spend time this week reading about your gifts on the site.
TUESDAY: Ephesians 4:1-16 More gifts… REFLECTION: This passage offers another list of gifts. Remember these lists are not exhaustive. The purpose of gifts is to build up and grow the body of Christ. PRAY: Begin a new work in me, Lord. What might you have me do with my gifts for you through your church? May I be open to grow and serve with passion.
WEDNESDAY: Ephesians 4:1-16 Unity through gifting REFLECTION: As we learn where we are uniquely called to serve, discord is minimized. You see, we savor serving in the areas in which we are gifted. PRAYER: May unity be created and maintained in your church.
THURSDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Gifts and the Holy Spirit REFLECTION: While gifting varies, it is the Holy Spirit who gives and empowers the gifts in us. PRAYER: Holy Spirit, have your way in me and in gifting me to serve Christ’s church.
FRIDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Not just a gift REFLECTION: Watch out for the word “just”. When we say, “I’m just _______,” we are lessening the importance of that action, skill, characteristic, gift, etc.… Every gift has meaning and purpose. Even the pinky toe has a role to play in the natural body! So also is your gift important. PRAYER: God you don’t just give gifts, you anoint us and bless us with gifts. May we honor the gifts in us and live in them with boldness.
SATURDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:4-26 Gifted living REFLECTION: Growing up, I was selected for the gifted program at school. In the world, only some are “gifted,” but in the Body of Christ, all are called to gifted living. PRAYER: You are not a partial God. You grace and gift each of us. Thank you for loving me and empowering me to live the gifted life.
Read or subscribe to the full weekly Growing Deeply Guide at moumc.org/grow Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk.
Read or subscribe to the full weekly Growing Deeply Guide at moumc.org/grow Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk.
