WITNESS ~ INSTRUCT ~ NURTURE / Volume 2 Issue 11
Jun 7, 2006
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In this issue, you'll read:
THE BOOK OF 2nd CORINTHIANS - PART FOUR
STANDING "O"
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR - FORTY THIRD EDITION Hebrews 10:23-25; " Make your plans now to come join with us in Aberdeen Washington for a time of spiritual refreshing and fellowship with each other. Until next time...God bless each of you in all that you undertake! In Jesus Name, All editions of The W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter are available on the Internet. To find them, navigate to Each morning, select a passage in God's Word. Talk with the Lord as you read the passage, then go back and find one or two verses which the Lord has impressed on your heart and meditate on them. II. Bible Study In this edition, we will read 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 and look at Paul's candid description of his own weakness in ministry. This passage can be divided into three subsections. Read each subsection, answering for yourself the questions associated with them. Type out your answers or jot them down on a piece of paper and place in your Bible for further meditation and study. Read 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 1. In 4:7, what is the treasure that Paul is talking about? (note 4:6; 3:18) Read 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 1. In 4:13-18, Paul switches from the negative to the positive. What is the key work, found in 4:13, which defines this subsection? Read 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 1. What subject is Paul discussing in 5:1-10 and how does this relate to 4:14-18? III. Memory Verse Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses: 1. Ask the Lord to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26). 2. Use the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible is what you need to be memorizing. 3. Don't just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) as well. You can do this by following this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note that you are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear "reference tag." 4. After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without reading your computer screen. 5. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate context and read the verses that come before and after your memory verse. 6. Print out your memory verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you when you go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate on the meaning of the verse throughout the day. 7. During your noon appointment with the Lord, take out your memory verse and go over it again. Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally. 8. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if you can find it in your Bible. 9. The next day, before you begin committing a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous day's memory verse and see if you can remember it (without cheating!). 10. Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on Sunday), collect all your week's memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra time on any verses you have difficulty recalling. 11. Remember: Don't just memorize a verse. Put it into practice (James 1:22). It is not being able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently to your daily life; that is when you truly know that verse! This article is Copyright © 1999, The Online Bible College. It is used by permission and formatted for presentation in this newsletter. The image of the dad, leaping to his feet, giving his child the standing "O" is embedded in my mind. Like many of you, I have been blessed to have a dad who has given me standing ovations throughout my entire life. For everything from my first job, to my first home, to my first kid, my Dad has been there for me cheering me on. For that, I am truly grateful, and at this time of year it is a privilege to return the applause to my dad and give him a standing ovation as well. For some of us though, the truth is we may not have had a dad who was cheering us on at all our events, or maybe he didn't even show up to the band concert to begin with. Let me offer you some encouragement by finishing my story about the band concert. Well, right next to that enthusiastic Dad who started the standing ovation was an empty chair. My first thought was that "God could be sitting in that chair." He is leaping to His feet and giving applause and encouragement. He is "Emmanuel, God with us" (Matthew 1:23). He is with us at band concerts, He is with us when we wake up, He is with us when we sleep, and He is with us when other people are not. He delights over you, He rejoices in you, and He wants to spend eternity with you. And for all who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we can all look forward to receiving the ultimate standing "O" from our Heavenly Father when we get to Heaven and He says, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Happy Father's Day! Unless otherwise noted: All Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Welcome to this edition of the W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter. We are now less than two months away from Convention 2006. The excitement is in the air and we are looking forward to seeing each of you who are able to attend. For those who don't know, Pastor Daniel from Voice of Gospel, India is planning to be with us this year. It will be wonderful for all of you who get to meet this wonderful Man of God and hear of all the great things God is doing in his country.
Rev. Sam T. Leigh
Presiding Bishop
Freedom Covenant Global Ministries
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Website: www.fcgm.org
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THE BOOK OF 2nd CORINTHIANS - PART FOUR
I. Devotional Reading
2. Why is this treasure in a "jar of clay" (NIV) or "earthen vessel" (KJV)? (4:7)
3. How do the difficulties that Paul continually faced, listed in 4:8-9, relate to 4:7?
4. How does 4:10-11 relate to 4:7?
5. Why was "death...at work in us"? (4:12)
2. What is the key thought that Paul is making in 4:13? What makes the difference when "death is at work in us"?
3. "All of this" (4:7-14) was to whose benefit? (4:15)
4. Why did Paul say, in 4:16, that he did not lose heart? (4:15) (note also 4:1)
5. What were Paul's "light and momentary troubles" achieving for him? (4:17)
6. Where did Paul fix his eyes and why? (4:18)
2. For what purpose has God made us? (5:4-5)
3. How does the Holy Spirit act as a deposit for what Paul is saying in 5:1-5?
4. How does Paul say he lived? (5:7)
5. What was Paul's goal? (5:9-10)
2 Corinthians 4:7; "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us."
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STANDING "O"
The tuba player played his last note, as the percussion section tapped out their last rhythm. Then in one motion of the arm and snap of the wrist, the conductor brought the entire concert band to a perfect ending. As I sat in the audience, out of the corner of my eye, a man in the front row of the audience caught my attention. The man leaped out of his chair, and began clapping and whistling. He had his gaze fixed on one of the players in the band. His delight in the band, and particularly in one person, was apparent to all. Before you knew it, another person, and another person, stood up from their chairs and gave the band a standing ovation. The smiles and delight on the audience's faces were enough to light up a midnight sky. I found myself swept up in the excitement and I enthusiastically joined in. This was no ordinary applause; this was a standing ovation on steroids. You would think we were an audience in a concert hall in New York City. The truth is we were a bunch of parents at a small town high school in the heartland of America delighting in our kids at their year end band concert. And while the band was very good, I have a feeling that if the band had played Yankee Doodle Dandy with kazoos and only got every other note right, we still would have given the group a standing ovation.
Mike Markovich
Dad and VP of Marketing and Creative
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