LIFE GROUPS:
You don’t have to be a member of the church to join one of Lake Pointe’s small groups called Life Groups…it’s “the church within the church”.
Life Groups are made up of people with similar ages or family structures meeting together for:
•Living For Others | Mission/Ministry
•Interactive Bible Study
•Fellowship
•Encouragement
This is where real, life-enriching relationships can form and develop.
Solomon was a wise and righteous king who left us with many proverbs about how a king should exercise authority. The apostle Paul lived under the rule of an unrighteous emperor and yet he still encouraged Christians to live in submission to the leaders placed over them. His reason, authority comes from God. As followers of any person in authority (whether we agree with them or not) the most vital thing we can do is to genuinely pray for them.
We created a list from the proverbs of things we should pray for our leaders:
Wise counsel
Clarity
Unity
Righteousness in decisions and actions
Flee from sin
Not tolerate evil; demand righteousness and justice
Get back to our roots
Submit desires and will to God
Prayers for ourselves:
Patience
God's will
Self control
Soft heart
The Challenge is simple: Use this list above to pray for those in authority over you. Pray as a family, pray as a couple and pray on your own. But also, use the list above to pray for yourself as you exercise your God given authority over your children, subordinates, etc.
In Him,
Aaron
P.S. My son chose to play the song below on our ride home from church. Since it is steeped in political commentary I thought I'd share:
Great job by Emilie on Saturday night. God has provided us with many unique ways to encourage each other, build each other up, and challenge each other to love and good deeds (Hebrews 10 and 1 Thessalonians 5). But one of my favorite channels of these actions is when we have members of our LG community teach and share with our group.
Go through the challenge from Emilie and be intentional in your purpose and in your roles.
Travis
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The weekly challenge from Emilie:
1. Make husband/wife relationship the priority relationship - commit to "couch time"- 15 - 20 minutes where you connect & the kids may not interrupt.
2. Prayerfully commit to reading either in marriage or parenting to gain new ideas to strengthen these relationships
3. Commit to a 90 day family spiritual plan - attached.
Book recommendations
For Marriage:
How We Love by Milan & Kay Yerkovich
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Smalley
The 5 Love Needs or The 5 Sex Needs by Gary & Barb Rosberg
