October 11, 2024
The Power of Prayer
Our 5th distinctive as a church is “We have a genuine reliance upon prayer.'“ Life Group leaders, please remember to make sure that you’re spending a good amount of time praying each group. Also, please encourage others in your Life Group to join you at Boiler Room on Sunday mornings and make it a point to go as a leader once a month (as you are able).
Compass Women
Ladies—Tomorrow at our Women’s Event you will hear details for our Christmas Event as well as the opportunity for ladies to pre-order a Christmas sweatshirt. Women’s Ministry would like to gift you a sweatshirt as a thank you for the year-round ministry you do toward women in our church! You can place your order anytime after the event at compassbible.tv/women, and use the discount code: THANKYOU.
Secondly, we need your help! Our events are always drawing new women who don’t yet attend a life group. We’d love for these ladies to be warmly welcomed when they see an empty seat, rather than told it’s reserved for a particular group. Let's make sure empty seats are available to anyone that may want to sit there, and just snag an extra table (or more than enough chairs) if you’re aiming to keep your group together. It’s a safe assumption to expect some extra gals at your table/discussion time at our church-wide events! Thank you for helping us welcome one another in this way!
The Duwe’s Arrival
The Duwe family will be arrive in town next week! We are so excited for them to join our team. They will be arriving on Tuesday, October 15!
Here are a few ways you could help welcome them to the Treasure Valley and our church:
I am looking for a place for their family to say on Tuesday night before they get the keys to their house on Wednesday, so I wanted to throw that opportunity out to you guys if you or anybody you know would be interested in hosting their family (three kids plus one hypoallergenic dog) for that one night! If you’re interested, please contact me!
We are also putting a meal train together for their first couple weeks. Here is the sign up sheet. Feel free to share this with your Life Group or others who may want to help.
Their belongings will be arriving on Thursday, October 17, and we would love to help them unload. Joe Wigton (the leader of our Care Team) will help to coordinate. You can contact him at 208-860-7593
Updated Men’s Retreat Registrations by Life Group
Let’s work together to get 200 men to this retreat! As of sending this there are currently 175 men registered. This spreadsheet (updated at 2:30pm on 10/4) lists the men registered for the upcoming retreat, organized by life groups. Be sure to check out who still needs to register for the retreat and reach out to them.
Application Questions:
Wrestling With God
The Deceiver is Deceived
Genesis 29:1-30
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
What are some specific obstacles you may face this week that will cause you to be anxious or doubt the faithfulness of God? What are some specific things about God’s track record or his promises that can help you to trust him in that area?
Read Psalm 112:7-8. How should God’s track record of faithfulness make these verses more and more of a reality in your own life?
Read Galatians 6:7-8. What are some bad attitudes/actions that you are sowing into your life that you should be concerned about? What will you reap from these things? What godly attitudes/actions do you need to sow instead?
Read Hebrews 12:3-11. Notice especially v. 10. How does it encourage you to know that God’s discipline is not merely punitive but corrective?
Now focus on verse 11 and also read Galatians 6:9. How do these verses encourage you to endure as we pursue growth in the Christian life—especially in seasons of discipline?
