Assignment for Friday, May 8

Friday is here already and so is the last chapter of Galatians. Today we will finish our quick overview of the book so we can start looking at what we know about the Holy Spirit. I haven't done the lessons yet, but I'm guessing we may have some interesting discussions next week. Meanwhile, let's finish up with Galatians.

For next week's memory verse challenge I would like you to look ahead at the daily verses for the week to decide which one you will work on. Of course you are not limited to those verses if you want to work on something else. The challenge is to let us know what you are working on and then post your verse every day next week - first without looking and then the corrected version if need be. As always this is only an optional challenge. Have FUN with it!

Assignment for Thursday, May 7

Today we will look at Galatians 3 as we continue learning the context in which the verses on the fruit of the Spirit were written. Are you enjoying the study so far? I am.

Assignment for Wednesday, May 6

Today we move on to look at Galatians 2 and the importance and meaning of being crucified with Christ. The author makes some pretty accurate observations about the consequences of choosing such a life. I'm interested in your comments and experiences in this area.

After reading Audrey's comment yesterday I started thinking that maybe each week those of you who want to participate in the memory verse challenge should pick one of the daily verses from the whole week - one that will help you in your daily walk. Even if you don't memorize it, taping it to the bathroom mirror is a great idea. If you DO decide to memorize it, then post your efforts for us all to see so we can enourage you in your progress along the way.

And now, on to Galatians 2...

Assignment for Tuesday, May 5

So after looking at the importance of enduring hardships joyfully as Paul did in yesterday's lesson, today we will study a bit about pleasing God instead of others. At first these ideas may not seem connected, but the actions of pleasing God are what will most likely lead to the hardships we must endure. We begin our study of Galatians today with chapter one. Enjoy!

Optional memory work challenge: Acts 14:22

Assignment for Monday, May 4

Welcome to our new study!!! Are you excited to start or a little apprehensive? This study will be quite a bit more indepth than the last one but should still only take at the most 30 minutes/day. I need your input on how this is working for you. I can break the lessons down into two days/lesson if needed - or we could even have two levels of students if some of you really want to do a whole lesson each day and some can't manage it. Just let me know what is working for you.

Today we will start with lesson one, day one. You will notice a page of questions on the video that we will not be watching. There is a series of videos by the author to supplement the lessons but I don't think they are very important to the study itself. So just skip that page.

Please blog on the same day you were assigned in our last study. If that doesn't work for you, let me know and we can change things around.

And now...(drum roll please)... let's get started!