Time with God - Sept. 3rd to Sept. 16th - 5th Leg

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Each day, challenge yourself to spend some time with God.  The Seven Minutes with God format is a fantastic start.  It is a great format for any form of personal study whether its seven minutes or seventy minutes.  Here is a short form for a reminder:

.5 Minutes:  Prepare (small prayer to ask for humility and right mind)

4 Minutes:  Listen (Scripture reading)

2.5 Minutes:  Talking (Prayer utilizing the ACTS form of prayer

    - Adoration (Praise), Confession (Bow), Thanksgiving (Marvel), Supplication (Ask)

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5th Leg -  Week One

As a minimum, find a time and place to read through the following verses in this order:  We will not try to move faster than our study takes us so this next week.  We are going to go back over some of the same passages.  This time through, follow some trails with a study bible, concordance, or commentary to enhance your study.

*** Reflection on the class discussion and related scriptures

Day One:  Matthew 4:1-11 (Reflect on class discussion)

Day Two:  Deuteronomy 8:1-10 (Not Bread alone section)

Day Three:  Deuteronomy 6:14-25 (Do not tempt the Lord)

Day Four:  Deuteronomy 6:1-14 (Worship the Lord and Serve only Him)

Day Five:  Romans 14:14-23 (Whatever is not of faith is sin)

Day Six:  James 1;1-18 (Testing, Joy, Endurance, and the like)

Day Seven:  Review John 1:19-34 (Testimony of John the Baptist.  Preparing for the next week)

3rd Leg - Week Two

***  Begin Reading next topics for class discussions

Day One:  John 1:35-42 (Calling of Andrew, Simon, and one other)

Day Two:  John 1:43-51 (Calling of Phillip and Nathaniel)

Day Three:  Matthew 4:12-22 (Matthews account of Disciples calling)

Day Four:  Luke 5:1-11 (Lukes account of Disciples calling)

Day Five:  Mark 1:9-20 (Marks quick account of Jesus baptism, temptation, and disciple calling)

Day Six:  John 2:1-12 (Wedding at Canna)

Day Seven:  Ephesians 5:22-33 (Paul talks about marriage and its comparison to our relationship with Christ)

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The Bible is the Greatest Story Ever Told ...  From beginning to the end, it is about the life, death, and resurrection of your Son.  There is no better way to become familiar with the entire plan than to read through all of it.  This plan is not just to do it once, but can become something you do many times throughout your life.  Each time you read through the Bible, you will see something new, something deeper, something you have yet to see.  There are many Bible reading plans out there.  Blue Letter Bible has several that also will keep track of your progress.  Here is the link to them:  Blue Letter Bible Reading Plans ...  In order to track your progress, you simply need to create an account.  It is free, quick and does not require much information to do so.  I encourage you to find some spare time to do this.  I would suggest a 2 year plan to start with as the sections to read are smaller chunks.

Time with God and Time with Others

The idea of all of this is to spend time with God and time with others that seek Him as well.  Any time spent with the God of the Universe and His people will reap something.  Putting aside our pride and selfish desires for just a fraction of our days can make lasting impacts on our walk with Christ and we move toward being Lighthouses for the Gospel.