TDPM Life Groups Mini Assembly : Growing in Grace, Peace, Truth Through Knowing God Intimately (The Knowledge of God)
Read Scripture:
2 Peter 1:2, 5-8 New English Translation 2 May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! … 5 For this very reason, make every effort, to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
Pivot to the discussion by asking the following questions:
1. As you and your family transition through this crisis, how have you grown in God’s grace (God acting in our life to accomplish what we cannot accomplish on our own), truth and peace? 2. How has this motivated you to go and grow deeper in your relationship with God?
3. How are the disciplines you have learned and are practicing, assisting you in understanding the process of how God changes people and how has that worked itself out in your life?
Announcements
• Please continue to go to the website to reference the list of bible verses that remind us not to be afraid. The Bible verses can be found at https://www.thedwellingplaceministries.com/post/fear-not
• The Main Assembly is on May 10, 2020 at 11am PDT at live.thedwellingplaceministries.com
• If your group member does not have access to a computer, smart phone, and/or the internet, they can dial in to the live stream at
Dial: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 822-4724-4724 Press # to skip the participant ID
• Also, invite your group members to join us at the Afterglow Fellowship that is immediately after the live stream:
The chat will be at live.thedwellingplaceministries.com The video conferencing will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82247244724
It will be a great time for us to talk directly to our mom, wish our mom a happy Mother’s Day, and bless our mom.
• Mother’s Day Tribute: Please send pictures of you and your mom or pictures of your mom to info@thedwellingplaceministries.com by Thursday, May 7. They could be of your biological mom, grandmother, spiritual mom, anyone that played the role of mom in your life, etc. We will show the pictures on May 10’s Mother’s Day live stream.
We would also like you to get in touch with your mom so your mom can watch the tribute. Write a letter in honor of your mom for Mother’s Day, which you can send, email, say over the phone, write, sing, etc. to her. We want you to say words that bring healing, encouragement, and most importantly, words that release our mothers into the grace of God, release of God, and freedom of God.
• The next Mini Assembly is on May 17, 2020 at 11am PDT.
• Tithes and offering:
Mail your check made out to “The Dwelling Place” to The Dwelling Place Ministries, 3130 W 111th Pl Inglewood, CA 90303
For more info, please visit https://www.thedwellingplaceministries.com/give
Ministry Focus
1. These scriptures highlight the amazing gifts of grace, peace and truth that God multiplies upon our lives as we grow in our intimacy with Him, especially during times of crisis, like we’re facing today.
2. Life Group Leaders and members should be encouraged to discuss how God is challenging them to grow through the difficulties as they intentionally add to their faith the things that can only be given by God’s Spirit as they pursue growing in their personal intimacy and knowledge of Him.
3. Also, please be reminded that growth is never constant, consistent or continuous and is filled with digressions, detours and disappointments that God through His Goodness and Grace, as a Shepherd, leads us through as we continue to be authentic, transparent and honest with Him and others about our challenges, struggles, setbacks and victories. Throughout the process of growth that leads to maturity, we realize that the more we literally cling to Him, who has “overcome the world”, the more we overcome the challenges in and of the world.
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