EVANGEL SINGLES: January 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

This Saturday JANUARY 28....snowtubing/early dinner

Over 20 of you have signed up to join the group going to Paoli. This is going to be such a fun event!

Unless you live in Indiana and are going to meet us at Paoli around 10am.....

Carpool is leaving Evangel christian School parking lot 5400 Minor Lane 40219 promptly at 9am.

Call or text Becky at 502-593-2117 if you still want to join this group.

Dress for snow....bring changed of clothes and some snacks....bring $25 plus dinner money and $5 for sharing gas expense.

******If you can't join us for snow tubing, then text me to see where we decide to stop for dinner around 3pm near River!*****

COME PREPARED TO ENJOY THE LAUGHS, ACTIVITY AND FELLOWSHIP WITH FRIENDS!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Saturday Jan. 28 outing....devotional thoughts

We have a great group going snow tubing together Saturday Jan. 28. This will be one of the highlights of this year, I'm sure! Please contact me asap to put your name on the list.

Leaving at 9am from Evangel Christian School 5400 Minor Lane

cost: $25 snow tubing at Paoli....dinner and carpooling money

Snow tube 11am-2pm.....dinner 3pm

arrive back 5pm

wear warm clothing for snow...hat, gloves....bring change of casual clothes for dinner.

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Devotional Thoughts:

"You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying Him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life" Deut. 30:20

What are you preoccupied with right now? Maybe you are focused on the biggest item on your to-do list, the biggest problem you face, or the biggest desire in your heart. Whatever it is, it takes up a lot of mental space...and our brains have limited focus.

Chris Tiegreen suggests that our preoccupations don't usually line up with Scripture. The Word continually points us back to worship or praise or some other Kingdom focus. But instead we are distracted by competing demands about careers and relationships and personal plans for the future. In themselves, these things are not wrong. But we have a way of making them disproportionately large. Our one true focus -- God -- seems to get pushed out of the way to make room.

Why do you think we are not more preoccupied with Him? Why wouldn't we wake up each day with one pressing question: How can I love Him well? Other concerns can drain energy from our primary purpose. Unless we fulfill our primary purpose, none of the rest falls into place or ultimately satisfies us. But if we choose to love God not just in theory but in the largest spaces of our hearts and minds, He becomes more practically and powerfully present in us and with us. He watches over our concerns when we watch over His.

Choose to love and adore Him as your primary preoccupation, and see what He does with the other concerns of your life. He will fight battles, win victories, and resolve issues for those who are focused on Him.

With much love and appreciation,

Becky

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Singles Snow Tubing

SAVE THE DATE ......Saturday January 28.......Annual Singles Snow Tubing Day

DETAILS:

Time: Leave Evangel Christian School 9am sharp!

arrive Paoli Peaks 10am.....sign in then snow tube for 3 hours.

arrive back at ECS around 5pm if you choose to stop for late lunch/early dinner at 3pm with group)

Cost: $25 per person (cash or credit card) (includes snow tube rental, runs, and lift)

plus pitch in for gas money

food money

Food: Will stop at a restaurant around 3pm on the way home from Paoli Peaks to Louisville. (bring a snack for tubing breaks)

For More Info at Paoli Peaks: go to: www.paolipeaks.com

RSVP by Sat. Jan. 21st please to this email or call me at 964-3304 ext 1129

Contact some friends....let's get a big group together to have some winter fun. DRESS WARM AND DRY!!!!

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Snow tubing is lots of fun, is not dangerous and does not require athleticism like skiing or snow boarding. YOU CAN DO IT!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Food for Thought....January 2012

In my Bible study time this morning I was impressed to share this thought with you all.....

Don't you ever tire of conflicts and confusion in your relationships? If we could come to a resolve in our own hearts to reduce the clutter that this issue creates in our mind this year, wouldn't that bring some peace and clarity to our thought life????? James 4 summarizes this conflict and gives the ultimate solution. I want to make it my aim to let go of the battle within me to want something so badly that I would cause fights and quarrels to get it. I desire pure motives when I go to God and ask for something, not that I may use it to fulfill my own pleasures. Many Christians have set aside a time of fasting (giving up some things of pleasure to seek God more fully) at the start of this new year. May we learn to submit ourselves to God. May we adamantly resist the devil. May we draw near to God. May we humble ourselves before the Lord. THEN....HE PROMISES TO LIFT US UP AND GIVE US GRACE!

...........................Choose to live a life in 2012 with less clutter of conflict---Free to be used of God.............................................

Scripture reference:

James 4:1-10 "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it....When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures....God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble....Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you.....Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up".

On a Journey with God and you,