January 27, 2023
Important Info:
You Free Tonight? Cool, Want To Hit Up a Deacon Retreat Together? - See you tonight for our 2023 Deacon Retreat! For those interested, the Pastors will be at The Warehouse Food Hall in Downtown Boise at 5:30pm, and then we will see all of you at the Riverside Hotel, with everything officially kicking off at 7pm. Be praying for our time together to refresh us and prepare us for the year of ministry ahead!
Will You Attend Boiler Room Once a Month? - With more space and a new consistent time, we want to ask if you’d consider attending one Boiler Room meeting a month. If we can have every Deacon attending Boiler Room at least once a month it will encourage the church, set a great example, and grow our faith! In case you didn’t know, we have moved our Boiler Room prayer meetings to the Library at Heritage Middle School, Sunday mornings, 7:40am-8:40am.
Pastor Ben Goes to Uganda - Pastor Ben leaves next week for Uganda to spend some time with Shannon Hurley and Sufficiency of Scripture Ministry, our missions partner there. He will be gone from 2/1 through 2/9. Pray for safety and health as he encourages the Hurleys and teaches some of the men who are part of S.O.S.’s Shepherds Training Center.
Please Pray for Our Facility Needs - Please pray for our facility needs. We have large men’s & women’s ministries now (our last men’s event had 70+ more men than any previous men’s event!), so finding a facility to accommodate us for each event is becoming increasingly difficult. Continue to pray that God would provide us with spaces for these important ministries! And while you’re at it, pray for Taking Ground! Another reason to join us for the Boiler Room each week is to pray for Taking Ground together as leaders in the church.
Application Questions:
No Treasure Like Jesus
Tracing the Right Pattern
Philippians 3:17-19
Read Hebrews 11:13-16. How would you like to see your life reflect the reality that you are a stranger and exile on earth? What does it practically look like to “desire a better country?”
Think through some of the more difficult situations you are facing and may face this week. What would it look like to deal with those situations with earthly values? What
should it look like to deal with those situations with heavenly values?Read 1 Corinthians 15:42-44. As you reflect on this passage, what excites you the most about your lowly body someday being transformed to be like the glorious body of Jesus?
Read Titus 2:11-14. Could you honestly say your life is filled with a “blessed hope” and that you are eagerly awaiting the return of Christ? If not, what needs to change in your thinking? What practical differences should this hope and expectation make in your life this week?
Review Philippians 3:1-4:1. What has stood out to you most in this study? How can that strengthen your resolve to “stand firm” with right doctrine & right living?
