2BC: The Well http://rayengland.wordpress.com Discovering God's Purposes Together Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/f4bdf2866b4ea2d98233050c2ae92371?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png 2BC: The Well http://rayengland.wordpress.com What Would Jesus Do? http://rayengland.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/what-would-jesus-do/ http://rayengland.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/what-would-jesus-do/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:28 +0000 rayengland http://rayengland.wordpress.com/?p=513 ]]>

WWJD — The phrase is old stuff now.  It has been around so long that many are tired of it and looking for something fresh.  The sad thing is that a search for something fresh may throw away very helpful tools.  Asking oneself , “What Would Jesus Do?” may be the simplest way to help us do the right thing in difficult situations.  To be imitators of Jesus is to set high expectations on ourselves.

May God bless you as you live for Him!

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September 5, 2009

John 5:1-14

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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September 4, 2009

John 4:43-54

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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September 3, 2009

John 4:27-42

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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September 2, 2009

John 4:1-26

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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September 1, 2009

John 3:22-36

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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August 31, 2009

John 3:1-21

This week we will be working with short stories from John.  Each story tells us something about Jesus and something about ourselves.

Read today’s verses from your favorite translation.  Answer what you discover:

Something About Jesus

Something About Me

How I Respond

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August 29, 2009

Ephesians 4:25-32

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Read the selected passage carefully each day.  Find what God is saying to you.  Then prepare what you want to say to God in your prayer time.

WHAT GOD SAID TO ME:

WHAT I SAID TO GOD:

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August 28, 2009

Ephesians 4:17-24

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Read the selected passage carefully each day.  Find what God is saying to you.  Then prepare what you want to say to God in your prayer time.

WHAT GOD SAID TO ME:

WHAT I SAID TO GOD:

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August 27, 2009

Ephesians 4:14-16

14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Read the selected passage carefully each day.  Find what God is saying to you.  Then prepare what you want to say to God in your prayer time.

WHAT GOD SAID TO ME:

WHAT I SAID TO GOD:

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