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Comfort or affliction…

Keith Waters Bible Studies 19th September 2016bible, faithfulness, judgement, justice, money, new connexions, persecution, power, redemption, repentance, Satan, second chance, unfaithfulness 0 Comment

A study on James 5: 1-12, based on the sermon: Are You Ready To Meet Your Maker?

Take a few minutes as a group to recap on the issues James has been addressing in his letter up to the end of chapter 4, are any of those issues more or less relevant today? Discuss.
Read verses 1-6. Why are the rich people being told to weep and groan; is it their money, if not what?
How much do we have to have before we’re rich? Read 1 Chronicles 29: 10-20 for context.
If these verses are predominantly aimed at rich people who aren’t Christians, where is the lesson/application for us today?
Read verses 7-12. As you read through notice and discuss each one of the commands or instructions James gives, how do they apply to us today in 21st century Ely?
How do these two halves of the reading (1-6 &7-12) fit together to give a clear message about justice?
take some time as a group to pray for each other and the whole church as we seek to apply this passage to our lives – Also please focus some prayer time on ‘the brick’ (God building His Church).

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Humble yourself!

Keith Waters Bible Studies 5th September 2016bible, communication, discipline, faith, forgiveness, Holy Spirit, humble, humility, James, morals, new connexions, repentance, Satan, scripture, truth, unfaithfulness 0 Comment

Some study questions For James 4:1-10.

Here’s the sermon if you missed it… Rock Solid

Take a few minutes as a group to remind each other about who James was, why he was writing etc.
Verse 1: If we have any disagreements with people in our church family, how should we deal with them? – see also Matthew 18: 15-20.
Why might we find prayer difficult?
Why doesn’t God give some people what they ask for? (James 4:3, Isaiah 55:89, 2 Peter 3:8, Philippians 4:6-7, John 15:7).
Verses 7-10. In the sermon we looked at three rock solid promises, what are they? Talk through each one as a group and look at how, if we take them to heart, they can empower us.
How is the reverse logic in verses 9 and 10 true?
What are the key applications in this passage that group members are going to take away and put into practice?

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Are you wise?

Keith Waters Bible Studies 8th July 201610th July 2016bible, faithfulness, forgiveness, justice, new connexions, prayer, prostitution, redemption, repentance, scripture, second chance, truth, unfaithfulness 0 Comment

A Study based of this sermon: Are you wise?

Bible Reading Hosea 13 &14

Looking at the first five verses of chapter 13: what had Ephraim been what had they become, what will they become and where is there an application for the Christian today?
Discuss verse 6 and how we might take a warning from it.
How does chapter 13 sit with Ezekiel 33:11? ~spend some time talking this through and discussing why a good understanding of how this fits together will help us in our own walk and in our evangelism.
Take a good look at chapter 14. What is the main point, and where is the application for us today?

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Christian Witness in the shadow of #BREXIT

Keith Waters Christian Comment 27th June 201627th June 2016#Brexit, bible, discipline, EU, europe, healing, hope, Jesus, law, lies, new connexions, power, unfaithfulness 0 Comment

It’s incredibly concerning to see that across social media, and within our state broadcaster and other media, there is an appalling lack of wisdom in words uttered and views shared when it comes to the outcome of the referendum last week. What is even more shocking is the lack of grace, wisdom and love being shown across the Christian Church:

Democracy is an amazing thing…

…and the democratic process last week is proof of that. There will be those who are delighted that their view prevailed and others sad that theirs didn’t…

…but complaints against democracy are a very dangerous

I have no doubt that just under half of the readers of this will be sore at the outcome, and just over half will be delighted, but what is required now is for people of all political views, of both the in and the out voters to stop battling and start getting on with the all important job of moving ahead positively; to avoid either vitriol or triumphalism and take a measured positive step, followed by another and another.

however we exercised our democratic right on June 23rd 2016, Britain can an will be great, but only if we so choose…

Christians are at risk of being appalling witnesses by showing a severe lack of compassion and wisdom in this!

Let’s not let this political vacuum intensify the spiritual vacuum – Let’s show the love of Christ as we navigate through the minefield of politics ahead, and let us stand firmly on His Word: continuing to be salt and light to a fallen world, and facing the future with His hope, be steadfast in sharing that hope with the world around us.

Ps 133:1: How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

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