Confession

Kent did a fantastic job leading our discussion this week. We looked up the following Scriptures:

• 2 Chronicles 7;14
• Proverbs 28:13
• Psalm 51:1-12
• 1 John 1:8-9
• James 5:16

We had a good  discussion with lots of participation on what it means to confess our sins, and when is is necessary and to whom should we confess our sins.  We concluded that when our sin affects the entire congregation is is appropriate to confess there. When it affects someone in particular, even a non-believer, we should confess to that person. When a struggle is on going, such as an addiction, it can be best to have a small group of the same sex to make one's self accountable. We had a large turn out and a great time in study, fellowship and fun.

We are still working on setting up a Skype meeting with Roland Moshen, mentioned elsewhere on this blog. We may need to meet earlier at that day so it won't be so late when Roland talks with us.

Also, our group wants to assist with the Thanksgiving Dinner for the MHA coming up November 15.

Marley took prayer requests and we prayed for a number of people.

Our next meeting with be November 7.

Our Discussion on Confession

We had a great meeting on October 10. Our discussion started with reading Matthew 10:32-33, where Christ talked about confessing his name before others. Our conversation went to the difficult things about confession. Soon it became apparent that there were two topics we were addressing: confession or acknowledging Christ to others and confessing our sins. We chose to focus this session on acknowledging Christ and save confessing sins for next time.

We enjoyed lively discuss of these passages: Romans 10:9-10, Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:11, and Hebrews 13:15. We talked about our fears of acknowledging Christ. It came down to this: we get excited about stuff we believe it - and that includes Christ.

In our final thoughts, we talked about that there are areas of the world that it is difficult to confess Christ. For example: talk and coverage abounds about Islam and that it's the fastest growing religion in our country. However, in countries of Muslim majority, acknowledging Christ is most difficult.

Two questions came up:

Why are people so drawn to Islam? Why is it the fastest growing religion in the US? How should Christians respond to Muslims? How should we act about the purchase of property in Kokomo to spread Muslim culture?

We have a friend in Europe who can help us answer these questions.

Our Topic for 10/10:

Sunday we plan to consider this question, "Is it necessary to confess to be forgiven?" Looking forward to the discussion.

Our Life Group So Far, 10/4

We have a great start to our Life Group.  Currently attending are Marley, Jan, Hannah & Rebekah Werner, Rusty, Kimberly, Austin, Logan & Dylan Maynard, Kent & Traci Heavilin, Gail Carter, Jennetta McVay and Brianna and Michael, and Alan, Jamie, Kellie, and Jason Edwards. Kent Heavilin and I are co-leading and Marley is taking care of prayer requests each week.

Our meeting schedule is below - it may take a minute to load. We have included the food arrangements.

Last week we talked about Bullying and how the Christian should deal with it - especially when we think out our kids -- as they grow and develop. Is turning the other cheek the same thing as being walked on? We had a great discussion on that topic.

Yesterday we talked about what the Bible says about drinking Alcohol. We had a great discussion and I think we all came away from it growing in the word and helping each other.

Next week we'll tackle another interesting topic!!

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