BIBLE STUDY 9.6.06

ECC. 11

2 Don't hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

DEAR GOD, LET ME A BLESSING TO OTHERS TODAY!

Even if you live a long time, don't take a single day for granted. Take delight in each light-filled hour,

CARPE DIEM!

ECCL. 12

12-13 But regarding anything beyond this, dear friend, go easy. There's no end to the publishing of books, and constant study wears you out so you're no good for anything else. The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you.

PLEASE HELP ME TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!

PSALM 94

12-15 How blessed the man you train, God, the woman you instruct in your Word, Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil

GOD, PLEASE LET THE HOLY SPIRIT
BE MY TEACHER, INSTRUCTING ME IN YOUR WORD!
"CIRCLE OF QUIET" THIS IMAGE REALLY SPEAKS TO ME!

If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. The minute I said, "I'm slipping, I'm falling," your love, God, took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.

LORD,LET ME BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MERCY AND LET ME PUT TRUST IN YOU INSTEAD OF IN MY OWN STRENGTH!

Ephesians 5
Wake Up from Your Sleep 1-2Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that.

Thanksgiving is our dialect.

5You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.

I'M AFRAID I AM USING RELIGION EXACTLY FOR THIS, FOR WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF IT! I DO NOT LOVB GOD FOR WHAT HE IS, BUT FOR WHAT HE CAN GIVE TO ME!

Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.

Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.

22-24Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ.