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1 John 2:15-17 NIV
Missions Focus: Please be praying for Wayne and Natalie S. They are missionaries in central Asia that we, as a church, support. We are writing them encouraging notes today!
Global: Give thanks for all the remarkable things people are doing globally to help people in need
Local: Give thanks for all the remarkable things that people are doing locally to help people in need. Pray for an opportunity to be an answer to prayer
Church: We will focus our church prayers over the next month on our pastoral team. This week, please be praying for Greg and Kelsey Barber.
Grab an announcement card for more information:
Tuesday Morning Communal Prayer is at Corner Coffee North Loop, 9am-10am.
Theology Thursday meets every other Thursday. Join the group at corner.church/groups.
Worship Jam Session is Wednesday, November 29 at Corner Coffee North Loop at 7p.
The CoWork Network ONEDAY, an event our pastors are leading, has the goal of lunging you towards your desired destination. Our BETA event is on December 2.
Food packing event with Feed My Starving Children is Tuesday, December 12, meeting at 7p at FMSC (401 93rd Ave NW, Coon Rapids). We have 15 spots available. There will be an EveryMeal packing event coming on January 17.
Christmas UNITED Service—one combined service bringing our four communities together—will be Sunday, December 10 in the Neu Neu event space, located across the hall from Corner Coffee North Loop. (Parking will be super easy as the Sunrise Bank parking lot will be available for us at 525 N Washington Ave.) This service will include a potluck brunch, kids Christmas program, and water baptism. If you are interested in being baptized, please connect with your community pastor ASAP!
Corner Church Christmas Eve candlelight service. On Sunday, December 24, we will have one Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 5p at Corner Coffee Northeast. Come for Christmas music, the Christmas story, and Christmas cookies!q
Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Dialogue Question:
(after filling out the relationship web diagram)
What stands out to you as you look at your relationship web?
Why would God place someone like you in this web of relationships?
1 John 2:1-2 NIV
1 John 2:9-11 MSG
1 John 2:15-17 NIV
2 Samuel 11:1-27 NIV
The rich young ruler (Matthew 19)
Misplaced love of my stuff
Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5)
Misplaced love of being respected and revered
Simon the Sorcerer wanting spiritual power (Acts 8)
Misplaced love of the power of the workings of God/Holy Spirit
Dialogue Questions:
Why are these things (misplaced love) consistently shunned and yet regularly struggled with?
Coveting
Lusting
Inappropriate
Misguided
Foolishness
Misdirected
Begrudgingly
Greed
Envy
Insecurity
Selfishness
How do these things reflect what is happening inside of a person?
1 John 2:15-17 NIV
Joshua 1:8
8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Psalm 145:5
5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
Psalm 1:1-2
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
Psalm 119:13-16
13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
Colossians 3:2
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Hebrews 3:1
1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.
Dialogue Question:
What helps a person like you be intentional in loving the right things (and not misplacing your love)?
Dialogue Question:
How do worldly desires and God-given desires differ in their lasting impact?
Take It Deeper Questions:
Read 1 John 2:15-17.
Share your first love story.
How has your understanding of love changed throughout your life?
How can love drive someone to covet, lust, be foolish, be misguided, have grudges, feel greed, or have envy?
How does a person stir away from those things?
How are you challenged, focused, encouraged, and/or confused by this text?
Bible Reading Plan:
1 John 2
James 4
Romans 12
John 8
1 Peter 5