October 14, 2022
Important Info:
Updated List of Men Registered For Retreat - Men, you can see at this link which of the men in your Life Group are registered for the retreat - Life Groups are split up by tabs, which you may find easier to navigate on a desktop. Thank you for reaching out this past week; please continue doing so, as we are only 2 weeks away from the retreat! HERE you will find information about the retreat that we sent out to registrants today. Hopefully, this info will help you answer any questions that come up from within your LG.
Plants & Pillars Moving to Sunday - This weekend, we will be announcing that our Students Ministries, Plants & Pillars, will be moving to Sundays from 5:30pm-7:30pm, meeting at Compass Charter School. There are several advantages gained from this move, the first being that it allows P&P to split into MS and HS. We’re excited to announce that Johnny Broadworth will lead the Middle School ministry! Also important to note: The Life Groups that meet on Tuesdays will continue to meet at their regular place and time. Please continue to pray for more space at Doral Academy (or a larger facility elsewhere) to expand what we can offer regarding Adventure Club and Life Group capacity.
Operation Christmas Child - Jon and Linda Senn, members of the Odell Life Group, help collect shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. If you and/or your Life Group would like to participate in OCC, the Senns will be collecting shoeboxes between services on 11/13 & 11/20, or you can drop off the filled shoebox at Living Hope Church, 14301 W McMillan Road, Meridian, ID at these times:
Mon, 11/14: 10AM - 3PM
Tue, 11/15: 1PM - 3PM
Wed 11/16: 1PM - 3PM
Thu 11/17: 3PM - 5PM
Frid 11/18: 12PM - 4PM
Sat 11/19: 9AM - 1PM
Sun 11/20: 1PM - 5PM
Mon 11/21: 10AM - 4PM
For more information on Operation Christmas Child, you can watch this video. You can find information on How to Pack a Shoebox and on The Journey of a Shoebox.
Application Questions:
Shoulder to Shoulder for the Gospel
Living Out Your Salvation
Philippians 2:12-13
Read Philippians 2:9-11. How would you like to see the reality that Jesus Christ is Lord and highly exalted reflected in your life most this week?
Read Ephesians 4:17-24. Why should we think of our “work” in sanctification not as a burden but as something good & positive? Why should “working out our salvation” be a joy?
Think through the tools (Word, prayer, and suffering) that were mentioned in the sermon. How have you seen God use these tools to help you “work out your salvation”? In what ways would you like to grow more effective in learning from these things?
Read James 4:6-8. As you think through areas of needed growth in your life, how will those situations require you to submit or yield your desires and impulses to His will? Why is God’s will better than yours in those areas?
Read Philippians 2:13. How does it encourage you to know that God is working in you and that His purposes are good? Find at least one other verse that emphasizes these same themes and meditate on it when you are discouraged this week.
