by Gracepoint Church | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation Paul gives advice about personal worship. He encourages the Thessalonians to...
by Gracepoint Church | Feb 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 4:3-12 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation At the time Paul was writing, sexual purity was not a feature in the Roman...
by Gracepoint Church | Feb 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Quick Review Acts 17:1-12 describes the origin story of the church in Thessalonica. Some key takeouts: 3 Sabbath day sermons in which the Messiah was proclaimed. The Jews were jealous and formed a “protest group” who mobbed Paul and his party and discouraged...
by Gracepoint Church | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation Paul tells the Thessalonian believers that they are children of the light –...
by Gracepoint Church | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scripture 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation Paul used the idea of a human body to illustrate how believers are united...
by Gracepoint Church | Jan 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation Paul needed to establish his identity to the Thessalonians as he had many...
by Gracepoint Church | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scriptures Acts 17 1 Thessalonians 1:1-7 Open your mind and heart as you read the passage of Scripture aloud and then again quietly to yourself. Listen for God’s word to you. Observation Thessalonica was a wealthy city on the Egnatian Way, which was the main...
by Gracepoint Church | Dec 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 1:39-55 REFLECTION When have you experienced a deep sense of shame or rejection? When have you felt judged unfairly by others and wanted to hide or run away to find safety? Have you ever, while experiencing that sense of humiliation, encountered...
by Gracepoint Church | Dec 17, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 3:7-18 REFLECTION Are you feeling bruised by life? Living through a pandemic is hard enough, but when you add the conflicts over masking, social distancing and vaccinations, it gets overwhelming. And that’s before we even begin to address...
by Gracepoint Church | Dec 9, 2024 | Weekly Devotional
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 3:1-6 REFLECTION We don’t all need to be important. But we do all need to feel that we are important to someone. We don’t all need to change the world. But we do all need to feel that we have a contribution to make. One of the most devastating...
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