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As my pastor said last night in our home, "We all have the propensity to agree with everything, but then do nothing to make changes... if we aim at nothing, we get nothing."
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... not my circumstances or my possessions.
Our church family is now memorizing the book of Philipipians. Mainly inspired by our youth group. Yes, they finished Titus and had the final quizzing (5 hours long), and I even tried my hand at it afterwards for a sampling. IT WAS GREAT FUN. But I found, as an audience member, it was easier to whisper the answer to the questions under my breath. This quizzing does entail pushing a buzzer which I consider a brain wash buzzer. In other words, when I would push that button and actually have to answer the question that was on the tip of my tongue and could answer while in the audience, the sound of the *BUZZZzzzz* caused my mind to go blank. Yes. That is my lame excuse. Either that or it is the brain lesion. I need something to blame, 'kay?
I got annoyed with my husband the other day and was not the picture of a submissive, meek and quiet wife. I had to apologize to him. He hugged me real tight and said, "That's okay honey. You're brain damaged." You see, THAT is why I married him. :-)
The women's Bible study that meets in my home on Wednesday is also doing a Bible study in the book of Philippians. So I am excited, not only to memorize this book with my church, to be doing the Bible Study in my home, but to share it in the blogosphere. This is one of my favorite books and is especially timely for me right now. Awhile back I had memorized the first chapter of Philippians. The problem is, it was in the NKJV. The quizzing entails memorizing in NASB to create uniformity in the quizzing. It is word for word... even the "little" words. If anyone has ever tried to memorize a different version of something they have already memorized, you know how challenging this is. But I love this book. I love my church family. I love that my children are a part of such an incredible youth group. So I am fervently praying that the Lord, in spite of these challenges, will cause me to diligently memorize this most personal, most joyful, most timely, most triumphant book that Paul penned under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
I encourage you to read Acts 16 for the account of the founding church of Philippi along with the entire book of Philippians. I also challenge you to memorize this book. Hey, I have 6 children, fake blonde hair and "brain damage". If I can do it, so can you. This study is inspired by the study done in my home and I would love it if you would join me... so stay tuned.
