[Sunday] Groans & Glory - Rise
Questions for the Week
What are some things that cause you to groan in life?
Read Romans 8:18-30. What does God do with our groanings?
Share a time when God brought restoration or new life in the midst of groanings.
Go to God in prayer, and share some of your present groanings. How does knowing Jesus is present with you give you peace in your groanings?
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What Had happened at Grace this week.
Guys night photos and Big Thinks to those who started Tons of Fun.
In our study of Amos, we explored God's judgment against nations for their social injustices and lack of compassion, revealing the timeless warning against seeking security in worldly power ("becoming Babylon") and the call to find our true identity in God's kingdom rather than in tribalism.
The angel’s specific message to tell the disciples and Peter reveals that Jesus is the Lord who refuses to let your failures cancel His promises.
We launched our study of Amos with an overview, read the book aloud, and discussed true worship expressed through justice and righteousness, Israel’s hypocrisy and idolatry, God’s judgment, and hope of restoration.
The Creed reveals a God who made His love real by becoming human to be with us in our greatest sorrows and our loudest joys.
Earlier this year, we received an urgent request for food aid in Haiti. Thanks to your support, we provided the funds to buy rice, oil, and other essentials.
The Holy Spirit uses ordinary community to do what "reason and strength" never could.