Getting Ready to start week 2

Yep, I finally finished week 1. It was some really good stuff.

Come on Jen. Keep reading with me.

Week one covered the background and understanding the Sermon on the Mount. Here are few of my "highlights" (literally...yellow highlights to be specific) :)

*Righteousness is an absolute necessity for those who are going to enter the kingdom of heaven. "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven." Matt 5:20

* "We live in a time when many who claim to know Christ undermine the Gospel by short-circuiting the radical implications of a life of discipleship as set forth by Jesus the Christ. " (a statement by Robert Guelich used by Kay Arthur)

*True Christianity is Discipleship

*The Sermon on the Mount is a teaching given by Jesus Himself on the new relationship with Him that is ours through the New Covenant.

*More to come: learning about the Character, Conflict and Conduct that comes with a relationship with Him.

It's been TOO Long!!

I am embarrassed it's been so long since I last posted on this blog! The reason why I am embarrassed is because I haven't gotten very far in the study my sister and I had started! Yesterday she emailed me to let me know she has gotten a little further in our study and to remind me to keep reading! So this weekend I am going to make it a priority to start reading our devotional study! I really feel the need to draw closer to the Lord and think this is best way to spend time with Him!

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!!

Blessings,

Jen