Hi David! Here's a quick recap on what we learnt in cell group last week!
TOWARDS A GRACIOUS CHURCH
Colossians 4: 5 – 6
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Philippians 2: 3 – 4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Galatians 5: 22 – 23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Ephesians 4: 22 – 27
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. "In your anger do not sin". Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold
So we talked about how being gracious meant that we should speak words of encouragement and let our conversation be full of grace. We also talked about how we should not retaliate when others tried to provoke us, but to be understanding. We ALSO said that feeling anger is a normal thing, just as long as we do not sin in our anger and we do not bear grudges.
Can you guys remember all this stuff? I hope so! Haha. So in order to help us better remember what we have learnt and to share our knowledge with others, we have to come up with a skit/video/performace!! =) This is a great chance to display our wonderful creative skills! Hehehe. But most importantly, this is a great chance for us to BE GRACIOUS and share something good with the rest of YPM.
So! We did a brief brainstorming during cell last week. Let's keep the ideas flowing! Any more ideas anyone....?
WELCOME!
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