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Disciple
Study Groups
Sundays
"Co-ed Group"
8:15 - 9:45 AM
Facilitator:
Bo Stalcup
Nursery Provided
Gym, lower level,
Rm. 5
Mondays
"Men Only"
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Facilitator:
Bo Stalcup
Gym, lower level,
Rm. 5
"Ladies Only"
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Facilitators:
Betty Gurnell
Eileen Rickman
Gym, upper level,
Rm. 103
Tuesdays
"Ladies Only"
9:15 - 10:45 AM
Facilitator:
Bo Stalcup
Nursery Provided
Gym, upper level,
Rm. 103
Thursdays
"Co-ed Group"
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Facilitator:
Ben Sloan
1 Whetstone Creek Ct. Irmo Home of
Robby & Marty Milam
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Disciple Studies Newsletter
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In this lesson we study Matthew 6 and related
teachings in Luke. Few parts of the Sermon on
the Mount make us comfortable; Matthew 6 may
actually make us uncomfortable. If so, we should
ask why this is the case.
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Click on the links below to see each day's
Scripture passages (NRSV)
and suggestions of
things to look for from the Study Guide.
(may also be downloaded to your computer to
view offline)
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Day 1
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Matthew 6; Luke 11:1-13; 12:13-21, 35-38; John
16:16-24
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Day
2
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Deuteronomy 15:7-11; 24:19-22; Psalm 139:1-18;
Proverbs
14:20-21, 31; Isaiah 58:1-12
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Day
3
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1 Kings 3:1-15; 8:22-61; Proverbs 15:8-9; Romans
8:26-27;
Philippians
1:3-11
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Day
4
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Deuteronomy 6:10-15; Jeremiah 17:5-11;
Wisdom of
Solomon 1:16-2:11; Tobit 4:5-11
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Day
5
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Job 31:24-28; Proverbs 13:25; Sirach 29:8-23;
2 Corinthians
12:1-10; Philippians 4:10-13;
Colossians
3:1-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22
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Day
6
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Read and respond to "Counting on God" and
"Do You Want to Become His Disciples, Too?"
GC 11-1
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GC 11-2
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What does the Jesus of Matthew 6 require of
you?
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Session 11 Video Summary
Presenter: Michael J. Brown
Assistant Professor of New Testament, Candler
School of Theology
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 In
the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is critical
of those whose primary concern is the
accumulation of wealth. Probably Jesus' criticism
has to do with economic conditions in
that day.
Many religious Jews felt the Roman
economic system forced them to choose
between
their allegiance to God and their personal
welfare. Others saw the situation as an
opportunity for economic exploitation.
In
Jesus' day most Jews understood the worship
of God as expressed primarily through sacrifice.
So when Jesus and the early Christians place
prayer at the center of their worship,
they are doing something almost radical. The
Lord's Prayer begins with God being called
Father. The use of "our" indicates that the
prayer is communal. The first three petitions -
for God's name to be sanctified, for
God's kingdom to come, and for God's will
to be realized on earth - are interrelated.
God's name is sanctified when people give
glory to God. God's kingdom comes when
disciples
carry out God's will by living the teachings of
Jesus. The last three petitions - for
daily bread, forgiveness of debts, and
deliverance
from temptation and evil - ask
God for what
disciples need to carry out their
responsibilities. The last petition expresses
the
core of the Sermon, that disciples make
God’s will their own will.
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Hymn
History: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
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Thomas Obadiah Chisolm (1866-1960) had a
difficult early adult life. His health was so
fragile that there were periods of time when he
was confined to bed, unable to work. Between
bouts of illness he would have to push himself
to put in extra hours at various jobs in order
to make ends meet. After coming to Christ at age
27, Thomas found great comfort in the
Scriptures, and in the fact that God was
faithful to be his strength in time of illness
and weakness, and to provide his needs.
Lamentations 3:22-23 was one of his favorite
scriptures: “It is of the Lord's mercies that
we are not consumed, because His compassions
fail not. They are new every morning: great is
Thy faithfulness.”
While away from home on a missions trip, Thomas
often wrote to one of his good friends, William
Runyan, a relatively unknown musician. Several
poems were exchanged in these letters. Runyan
found one of Williams' poems so moving that he
decided to compose a musical score to accompany
the lyrics. Great is Thy Faithfulness was
published in 1923. Thomas Chisolm died in 1960
at age 94. During his lifetime, he wrote more
than 1,200 poems and hymns.
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Refrain:
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great
is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by
morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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A
Dramatized Reading of The Lord's Prayer in
Hebrew
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Pastor Keith Johnson recites the Lord's Prayer
in Hebrew followed by an English translation.
This is the Hebrew version of the Lord's Prayer
preserved by Jewish rabbis down through the
Middle Ages.
Click here to view the video which also
features pictures of places in Israel.
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