July 25 - Prayer Requests

1.  Most of the class will be traveling this weekend.  Pray for safe travel.

2.  Erika - Pray for her cousin that is having her 4th child this Thursday.

3.  Debra - Pray for her sister Dinah.  She had a biopsy on Thursday and is waiting to hear the results.  Pray for the cancer to be benign.

4.  Pray for Sam who is leaving for training and will then go on to his mission destination.

5.  Mike - Pray for Mr. Crawford who is very ill and is not expected to live for very much longer.  Pray for the family as they deal with this loss.

Hang on for Heaven

The scripture passage for the July 25 lesson is Mathew 5:10-12.  It reads as follows in the New International Version (NIV).

10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice  and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Here are a few questions to think about for the lesson this week.

     1.  Blessed means "truly happy."  How can the persecuted be truly happy?

     2.  How does the hope of Heaven impact the way you live your life today?

     3.  Jesus told that we will pay a price for following him. How are followers of Christ persecuted today?

     4.  When the persecution does come, how do we stand firm and not cave in?

     5.  How do you think you would respond to a life-threatening, full scale persecution of Christians?

     6.  How can we help each other to grow in our commitment to live for Jesus no matter what we may face?

I look forward to our discussion of this topic Sunday.  As always, pray for each other.  I hope to see you Saturday night and Sunday.

Mike

July 18 - Prayer Requests

1.  Praise - Mike and Jim are back from the mission trip safely

2.  Pray for the Weldon family - on their way to China to adopt

3.  Ms. Richards - heart surgery this week

4.  Youth pastor - Pat and his wife are expecting their baby this week

5.  Kip & Rachel - getting settled into their new place

6.  Job opportunities and interviews for several in class

New Series

In the next series of lessons we will be talking about being truly committed to Christ.  We will study and discuss how to develop a deeper devotion to Christ.

The lessons will be based on selected passages from the Sermon on the Mount.  Please try each week to read and think about the lessons Jesus taught in Matthew chapters 5-7.

This Sunday's lesson will help prepare us to launch into the series described above.  This Sunday we will talk about the Sermon on the Mount and certain other teachings of Jesus.  In addition to reading Matthew chapters 5-7 also read John 14:2-5.

I hope you are having a great week. Let's remember each day to pray for those in our class.

Mike

Prayer Requests - July 10

1.  Jessica - pray for her friend Lauren, she is waiting to hear results from the doctors about her lymph nodes.  Also, be praying for Tyler who is ill with strep throat.  Remember Jessica as she works with the guard at camp over the next week or so.  Pray that the heat will be bearable and that everyone will stay hydrated.

2.  Ericka - praise: her friend gave birth to a healthy baby.  Request: for business to pick up and start bringing in more money.

3.  Bill - His friend, Stan, a pastor, found out that he has cancer.  It seems that there are no treatments, and he is only in his late 40s.  Pray for the family and the doctors to know how to deal with this new discovery.

4.  Debra - her sister, Dinah, has a re-occurrence of breast cancer.

5.  Kip - he has found some new job openings to apply for in the area they will be living.  Pray that something will work out and be a great opportunity.  Also, pray for their upcoming move on July 19th.

6.  Marie - has a job interview on Friday.  Pray that it will go well, and that all of her hard work will come to fruition.

High School Mission Trip

Below is the link to the website where the high school mission trip will be updated.  We can follow the progress of the mission trip to Snoqualmie, WA using this site.

Remember to pray from Mike and Jim as they are helping with this mission.

http://www.collisiononmission.com/

Jim in one of the bedrooms on mission

July 4th - Prayer Requests

1.  Rachel and Kip moving sooner than expected. Pray that all the moving details work out smoothly.

2.  Praise for Kip getting baptized next Sunday and the testimony it will be to many.

3.  Pray for class members looking for jobs.

4.  Pray for Erika's friend and her pregnancy.

5.  Pray for Mike, Jim, and others on the mission trip.

6.  Pray for Jim's ear and jaw pain to get better.

**Remember our upcoming class social on July 24th at Paul and Erika's house.

Directions:
We live in a new neighborhood so it does not show up on Mapquest of GPS.  It is really easy to find....
If you are at church take a right on to HWY 78 and go about 3 miles.  Our neighborhood is on the right hand side.  It is called Creekside Manor (Power Brick Supply and Hertz Rental are across HWY 78 on the left had side).

Come into Creekside Manor and take a left.  The first street to the right is Holly Springs Court.  We are the first house on the left #605.  We have a fence around our back yard

Erika & Paul's house
605 Holly Springs Ct
Bogart, GA 30622

Erika's # 706.202.6858 and Paul's # 704.941.4437