Accepting the Gift

Last evening's Bible study was really awesome! The lesson was a simple one based on John 3:16. We compared the verse to a gift. There is a gift tag that tells who the giver and the receiver are. The gift is wrapped with love. The receiver has to accept the gift for it to be meaningful and the giver gets great satisfaction when the receiver opens the gift. The picture is a really wonderful one.

Each lady shared with the group the story of how they accepted the gift of Christ. It was such a blessing to hear the testimonies of how God has worked in each one's life to bring them to the place that they are in now!! Our God is so good!!

Craft time was so much fun! It is great to be able to laugh together! We made some really cute gift tags using potatoes and paint.

Next week is our last week of this study. It will be sad to see it end!

Don't forget that we will be meeting at the church at 6:30pm on Saturday, December 1 to go out to a relaxing and fun dinner together! (Hopefully the weather is going to cooperate!)

The Perfect Gift

This week's Bible study was such a great time! I feel sorry for all the women who are missing it! Our group was small, but we went home with a big blessing last night!

We read the part of the Christmas story about the Magi and their quest for the perfect gift, Jesus. We of course equated this to shopping and how we are always in search of the perfect gift at Christmas. We looked at everything from anticipation and attitude to advertising. The best part of the evening was our discussion about our response to the perfect gift. What is your response to the perfect gift of Jesus? It was a great time of sharing our stories and what our salvation means to us.

We then headed to the kitchen to make potato soup mix and put it into gift jars for the holidays. We had a great time laughing and getting to know each other better!

I know I went home feeling truly blessed by the ladies who were there!

We will take a break next week for Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a great one!!

See you on Thursday, November 29! Don't forget to check the list of supplies you will need for the craft that evening!

God's Christmas List

This was our first week of the "Wrapping Up Christmas" Bible study. We had a great time reading through the Christmas story and talking about who was on God's Christmas list. God delivered the best Christmas gift of all in special ways to family, working people, seekers, the forgotten and men of great influence. We talked about who was on our Christmas list and who should be there that wasn't there. It was really a new way to look at the very familiar Christmas story.

We all worked together to make some really cool no-sew fleece blankets. We also had a chance to get to know some new friends.

Check out the list on the previous blog to know what you should bring for our craft time next week!

See you next Thursday!