Day Five : Man of Community
Reflecting and Recording
What challenges did you receive through the preceding reading?
Why is social holiness a good witness to the reality of personal holiness?
Relating
Have you ever become part of a group that combined nurture and service?
Write down the benefits of being in a group like that. Do you have any sense that God would want the group using this workbook to combine study and service? Do you know of any projects that would be meaningful for the group to adopt the weeks you are using this workbook?
Although I can get very isolated sometimes in prayer and study, it's comforting to know that I am not alone in my devotion to the Lord. Sometimes, I feel like a "sponge". I just can't get enough of God and His ways and His instruction. I can learn so much from others and I choose to be open to learning and growing from them and with them.
One of my favorite groups is Celebrate Recovery. It definitely combines nurture and service.
Devotion to God and service to people in 12 steps through example of Christian living and sponsorship to those still struggling.
Day 5
A man of community
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1. What challenges did you receive through the preceding reading?
I didn’t really find any challenges as much as I found reassurance that groups, small, specifically, devotional, sharing, is very important to an individual devotional.
I personally am a person that can reflect from my heart, I can read digest and comment very quickly. Because I let that past information and I let the thought come and mediate through my heart. Could be bad at times, but I find it very natural to be able to just read and reflect. How does what you’re reading in a passage of the Bible reach you . I feel that it should be immediate. I do…