Friday, Oct 23, 2015

COME HOME

ATTENTION:

Beginning with this study, there will be a $10 fee to cover the cost of the Study Books. There will be basket near the door as you come into the room. You may place your money in this basket. This is a voluntary action to help off-set some of the costs for the church.

How to Get the Most From This Study

• Attend each group session
• Watch DVD teaching
• Participate in the group discussion
• Complete the content in the Bible Study Book
• Read the daily lessons and complete the learning activities
• Memorize each week's suggested memory verse
• Ask God to show you how to bring home the wanderers you know
• Ask God to show you ways you've wandered from His truth

Check out the video "PRODIGAL" from the Sidewalk Prophets

Something in this video will speak to you!

Session 1

"Go Get the Wanderer"

James 5:19-20

New International Version (NIV)

19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

The PROBLEM exists

• No one is beyond the reach of God's GRACE.
• To wander: to proceed without a proper sense of DIRECTION.
• Both things happen: people just foolishly wander off, or relationships come and get in someone's head and TAKE them away.
• Wandering begins with an initial STEP.
• People who have wandered from the truth are not in the light; they're in DARKNESS.

The REMEDY is possible

• Almighty God RECEIVES back wanderers. He restores them. He forgives them. He celebrates them.
• Probably the person CLOSEST to you, God's going to have to touch someone else's heart to go get them.
• There are people right now who are out there WANDERING. Who do you need to go find?

The STAKES are high 

• Save his soul from DEATH. (Rev 20:14-15)
• False professions and fake Christians leave and never come back. TRUE Christians , though they may wander, come back. (Phil. 1:6)
• Risky business to go out for WANDERERS

The REWARD is great

• The past can be forgiven. The hurts can be healed. The sin can be atoned for. That's the great message of the GOSPEL. ( Psalm 32:1) (1 Peter 4:8) (Luke 15:32)

SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!

GO GET THE WANDERER!!!!

NEXT WEEK 

"The Fearful Wanderer"

Peter "The Rock"

NEW STUDY - BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY

NEW STUDY ......

BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY....

James MacDonald's

James 5:19-20 (ESV)

19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

The Wanderer

Either, you are one, you have been one, or you know one.

Their lives are filled with foolish choices and little regard for consequences. Bent on getting away from those who love them, they sometimes wander so far off the path they no longer know the way back. It's painful to watch and hard to understand.

Come Home is....

... an invitation to all wanderers - and those who love them

... a call to greater awareness for the lost and hurting

... a challenge to bring back those who are missing

... the cry of Jesus' heart

The Wanderer

Dion and The Belmonts

1961

#2 Song in 1961

#239 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Check out this video with the song "The Wanderer" being performed. Sing along if you wish because the lyrics are provided. 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY

 THANK YOU, 

J.P. SAWYER!

Want to send a big thank you to JP for leading and facilitating our group last Wednesday night. 

Looking forward to our session this week!!!

GOD, MONEY, AND THE  LAST DAYS

Focus Scripture

James 5: 7-11

Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a] 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

Patience in Suffering

7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.

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