1st Day--Fall Bible Study

Today was the first day of the fall on-line Bible study with Good Morning Girls.  If you are looking for a Bible study group, but can't find the time to "meet" with a group of women OR if you are looking for a way to start/continue/strengthen your daily quiet time, I encourage you to take a look at the Good Morning Girls website today:  http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/.  The fall Bible study, "Loving Like Jesus," a study of Luke 17-24, began today, but it's not too late to join.

I'm really excited about this study and about the opportunity to get to know the ladies in my group. They are from 3 different continents, all walks of life and all seasons of life.  What could be more exciting than sharing with them?

This first week we are studying:  Loving Like Jesus--learning to forgive.  Check out today's blog post here.  Here's today's reading from Luke 17:

1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

One of the insights I received today is that Jesus is so serious about offenses against others that he tells us death is better than offending.  Imagine how it would change my life if I avoided offending others like I would avoid taking risks that might be fatal to me.    

Here's this week's memory verse . . . . even if you don't join Good Morning Girls, let me encourage you to memorize this great verse.