I have been toying with the idea of teaching men’s Sunday school class at our church.
It has been a few months since the last one in which I was a participant. Two friends of mine were co-teaching The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian. She has written several books on this subject, all of which I am sure are as informative as this last study we did.
I was approached by a gentleman who asked me to get these two men going on starting another, or “why don’t you do one”, I know you can. So politely I said that I would speak to my friends and see where they are headed.
A few days passed and I was speaking to one and I asked about starting another study. He smiled and said, “he”, meaning our mutual friend, “has asked you too”. I replied that he had and so I asked my friend what the hold up was. He said he wasn’t sure that this is what he should be doing, but he would speak to our friend who had co-taught with him, and let me know. That was several weeks ago and nothing has come of it.
The book I would like the class to read, and then we can discuss it chapter by chapter is, Knowing God by J. I. Packer through IVP. I have read the book twice and was totally captivated by it. If you have ever read it, you know what I mean. It is a pretty sobering subject especially being a Christian and thinking to ones self. I know who God is, but as you are reading the book you come to an instant conclusion that as the writer states. A little knowledge of God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge about him.
Where I would like us to get during this study is, an eagerness to be known by God. Seek to walk side by side with our creator and never having to utter a spoken word, understand each other’s thoughts. Maybe that’s heaven on earth. Maybe that is be our walk daily. I think it is.
I was approached by a gentleman who asked me to get these two men going on starting another, or “why don’t you do one”, I know you can. So politely I said that I would speak to my friends and see where they are headed.
A few days passed and I was speaking to one and I asked about starting another study. He smiled and said, “he”, meaning our mutual friend, “has asked you too”. I replied that he had and so I asked my friend what the hold up was. He said he wasn’t sure that this is what he should be doing, but he would speak to our friend who had co-taught with him, and let me know. That was several weeks ago and nothing has come of it.
The book I would like the class to read, and then we can discuss it chapter by chapter is, Knowing God by J. I. Packer through IVP. I have read the book twice and was totally captivated by it. If you have ever read it, you know what I mean. It is a pretty sobering subject especially being a Christian and thinking to ones self. I know who God is, but as you are reading the book you come to an instant conclusion that as the writer states. A little knowledge of God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge about him.
Where I would like us to get during this study is, an eagerness to be known by God. Seek to walk side by side with our creator and never having to utter a spoken word, understand each other’s thoughts. Maybe that’s heaven on earth. Maybe that is be our walk daily. I think it is.
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