Summer Schedule
INQUIRE will resume in the Fall in the form of either adult Sunday School classes at 9:30AM as they have been structured, or Sunday night small groups along the lines of our current Crazy Love study. More information to follow!
Worship Action
Nick Reed, 6.16.09
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We have been thinking a lot lately on what it means to live a whole hearted life for Jesus. "Whole-hearted" implies that living this kind of life flows into every area of our everyday life. Every week we come to church or a bible study each week and we hear the "how-to's" or even just concepts that Jesus wants us to grasp.
Many times I find myself nodding in agreement and find that the things I hear and read from the Bible make so much sense, and I get very excited to live those things out. Then for some reason I often wake up the next morning and hit a wall. "How am I supposed to do this" or "what does this look like in my life" or "my circumstances are so different from that persons so i can't do that." We spend a lot of time seeing if what other people are doing is good or not good for us to do. maybe it is and maybe it isn't.
Luke 9:23-24 says, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it."
First we have to realize each day that this life is not meant to be about us. Live selflessly. How? Second, it is a daily commitment. We are not expected to hear something one day and the next automatically live it, but we are expected to daily commune with God and renew that desire to live for Him, and not ourselves. The only thing I know about God's desire for every person that loves Him, is that they should seek to follow Him new each day.
In the book Crazy Love the author quotes Annie Dillard, "How we live our days, ... is how we live our lives.”
All ages are welcome to join us for a 11-week book study Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM beginning March 22 at Kyle and Karen Clarkson’s home in Johnston (email Kyle for directions or more information). We will read and discuss the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Email Kyle if you are interested in purchasing a book (recommended). The cost is about $10. You can sign up at church, but please come even if you haven’t signed up. If you would like childcare while at the study, please contact Heather Clarkson in advance.
CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH
WANTED: Teenagers to fill empty seats in weekly INQUIRE classes. No experience necessary. Will train on site with relevant Bible teaching guaranteed not to be over your head or too simple to challenge you. Benefits include great discussions and important topics to help you climb the ladder of spiritual growth. Easy hours (less than one hour) from 9:30 to 10:15 Sundays and 2 convenient locations (Library and classroom 314) just seconds from the auditorium at Johnston Middle School. We are seeking only those that wish to equip themselves to know God more and live an effective Christian life that makes a difference in the world. Those that know everything already need not apply.
"Don't let anyone look down on you [or don't give them a reason to] because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." (1 Timothy 4:12)
New Women’s Study
Would you like help connecting your “To Do” list, your passions, and God’s purpose for your life? Join us as we journey through Katie Brazelton’s Pathway to Purpose on Wednesday nights starting September 10th. Location to be announced soon. Sign-up Sundays at JMS.
BIBLE READING PLANS (PDF)
Click to download the 5x5x5 Plan, which takes you through the New Testament in one year, 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Or click here to download the Book-At-A-Time Plan. This covers the entire Bible via alternating books from the Old and New Testament. You also get a short daily reading from Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, or Ecclesiastes.
