This summer we will be meeting at Aaron’s House at 7015 N College Dr. each Saturday.  Come join us for supper cooked on the grill.  Also each week we’ll sing songs and study a passage from Acts.

Hope to see you there.

“But now finish the task as well, that just as there was eagerness to desire it, so there may also be a completion from what you have.  For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.  It is not that there may be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality  at the present time your surplus is [available] for their need, so that their abundance may also become [available] for your need, that there may be equality.  As it has been written:

The person who gathered much did not have too much,

and the person who gathered little did not have too little.” 2 Corinthians 8:11-15

Are you willing to do your fair share–and more–in order to see God’s work get done?  How will you use your time, talent, and treasure?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: although He was rich,  for your sake He became poor,  Now I am giving an opinion on this because it is profitable for you, who a year ago began not only to do something but also to desire it. so that by His poverty you might become rich. “ 2 Corinthians 8:8-10

When it comes to giving, do you judge yourself in relation to what others do or in relation to what Christ has done for you?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“So we urged Titus that, just as he had begun, so he should also complete this grace to you.  Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—excel also in this grace.“ 2 Corinthians 8:6-7

Do you excel at giving? What would help you to reach such a goal of excellent generosity?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.“ 2 Corinthians 8:5

Have you given yourself completely to the Lord? What might you be holding back?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,  they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, “ 2 Corinthians 8:3-4

Do you consider giving to Christ’s work a privilege or an obligation?  What could make it more meaningful for you?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia: during a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.“ 2 Corinthians 8:1-2

When have you reacted with generosity in the midst of poverty and hardship?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia:” 2 Corinthians 8:1

What are you doing to make yourself aware of how God is working in the world around you?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 69.

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32

Take a few moments to thank God for His forgiveness of your sins through Jesus Christ.

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 59.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Ephesians 4:31

How successful are you at getting past old anger? What progress are you making?

Taken from Contagious Community: Living Beyond Yourself, pg 59.