Week 5!

Good evening, ladies!

This week Barb talked about the importance of worship, praise, and thankfulness and it was so encouraging. Download the lesson by clicking here. You can also get a copy the verses and quotes Barb referenced this week (as well as next week's verse) by clicking here.

#5 HEBREWS 11:1316

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM AND ALIENS IN THE WORLD

...They admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own...they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Here is Barb's Summary- Enjoy!

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Hello my friends,

This week we recited the 5 verse cards we've been M&M-ing. Our meditation was on the greatness of God and worship. Our newest card, 1 Chronicles 29:10-11, gives us beautiful words from King David's prayer to use in our own worship of God. I love memorizing passages like this one and being able to say them from my own heart to God anywhere, anytime.

We considered an earlier M&M verse from Hosea 14:1,2 "Take words with you...". We must come to God in prayer with words (preferably outloud for our sakes), whether we are praising Him, worshipping Him, making requests of Him, or repenting of our sins. I read from Elisabeth Elliot's Be Still My Soul as well as Radical Gratitude by Ellen Vaughn. In this recording of the Tuesday class you can also hear a wonderful portion from C.S. Lewis' Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It's probably my favorite part of that book.

I also shared a few quotes that have meant a lot to me:

“If God were small enough to be understood, He wouldn’t be big enough to be worshipped.” Evelyn Underhill

We should never forget that the purpose of theology is doxology: we study in order to praise. The truest expression of trust in God will always be worship, and it will always be proper worship to praise God for being greater than we know. – ESV Study Bible

“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” Abraham Kuyper

Please email me or write on facebook if you have anything you want to share with us from your time of meditating on God's Word! Aren't you encouraged when you hear how God used the same words in your sister's life?

May you not grow weary in this good work; keep at it, chew well, and taste the greatness of our Lord!

To the King! To the Kingdom!

Love,

Barb