Wednesday Night Bible Study 4/19/23 Philemon Intro

All right, everybody. Let's take a moment to grab our seats, and we'll get started with our Bible study. OK. All right. Please bow your head with me for a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we want to give you thanks in every season. And God, we regularly want to lift you up and thank you for your precious word.

We thank you also, God, for each opportunity we have to fellowship, to come together with the brothers and sisters. And God, we continue just to request from your spirit, God, that you would grant to us deep understanding, God, that you grant to us conviction of mind and heart. And from there, God, it would keep growing into faith, application, ultimately changing and maturing in such a way, God, that we reflect Christ.

And today, as we begin a new book and a new series of the Book of Philemon, I ask God that, again, you would continue to help us retain and see powerful and lasting truths that you have for us. We want to thank you, Lord, and lift this time up to you.

It's in Christ's name, amen. (SINGING) Jesus Christ, I think upon your sacrifice. You became nothing, poured out to death many times. I've wondered at your gift of life. And I'm in that place once again. And I'm in that place once again. And once again, I look upon the cross where you died.

I'm humbled by your mercy, and I'm broken inside. And once again, I thank you. And once again, I pour out my life. And now you are exalted to the highest place, king of the heavens. One day I'll bow, but for now, I'll marvel at this saving grace. And I'm full of praise once again.

And I'm full of praise once again. Once again, I look upon the cross where you died. I'm humbled by your mercy, and I'm broken inside. And once again, I thank you. And once again, I pour out my-- Once again, I look upon the cross where you died. I'm humbled by your mercy, and I'm broken inside.

And once again, I thank you. And once again, I pour out my life. Just a time, I think that I'm at peace with the world that's mine. I feel at ease. I feel at home. And I know I'm not alone. And in my rest, there comes a test that shakes me till again I know.

That what I had is not enough. And again, I've got to grow. Lord, I want to know you more. Deep within my heart, I want to know you. Lord, I want to know you. And I would give my final breath to know you in your death and resurrection. Lord, I want to know you more.

Lord, I want to know you more. Full supply. The full supply I find as I move closer to the heart of God to strengthen me, to nourish me, and to fill my mind with it. I've truly grown, but even so, my hunger hasn't gone away. Still I long. Still I thirst to know him more each day.

Lord, I want to know you more. Deep within my heart, I want to know you. Lord, I want to know you. And I would give my final breath to know you in your death and resurrection. Lord, I want to know you. And Lord, I want to know you more.

Deep within my heart, I want to know you. Lord, I want to know you. And I would give my final breath to know you in your death and resurrection. Lord, I want to know you more. Lord, I want to know you more. OK. Just giving a few announcements before we break off and begin our discussion time.

Please keep in mind that this weekend is a little bit full, as we will have our fundraiser lunch hosted by our summer missions team. We're going to be having-- the members meeting is at 1:30. So we didn't want there to be too much drag time in between lunch and the meeting.

So 1:30 it'll start, and then afterwards, there's going to be the service fair, where you can visit with the various service team leaders and find out more about opportunities to serve as well. OK? Please also note, for those of you who are new to the church, there's going to be a special welcome lunch for the newcomers, and that's going to happen on April 30th.

So all you have to do is email welcometeam@briancc.com to RSVP, and you'll get to find out various things about the church and meet also core members of the church as well. The last thing, again, because we're trying to push for our all-church retreat, please make sure you look at your calendar, set it, and register, and also submit the payment as well.

OK. Please go into your discussions on overview of Philemon and any observations of verses 1 through 3. We'll be back here at 8. Thank you. >> Are we going to go in? >> Yeah. >> OK. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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Wednesday Night Bible Study 4/19/23 Philemon Intro

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