Here is the DT Packet for July 9th -13th, 2012: 1. DT_Romans13-16_Jul9-Jul13_2012
Submitted by Yang W. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing [...]
Submitted by Cynthia P. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 16:1-16 What can be surmised about the life of the early Christian community from the fact that though Apostle Paul had never been to the church at Rome, he had so many people there whom he could greet with such personal references? From the fact that [...]
Submitted by Lois B. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 15:1-3 Reflect on the fact that Christ “did not please himself.” To what extent is “pleasing myself” the criterion by which I choose between options, and the motivating goal of my life? Christ “did not please himself” when he entered into a world of sin and [...]
Submitted by Johnny Y. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 14:13-18 What lesson is here about a life of voluntary self-limitation as a basic duty of Christian love? In this highly individualistic culture, the world tells us that if we believe something to be right, something to be okay to do, then there is no one [...]
Submitted by Cynthia P. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 13:7-8 What do I owe the various people to whom I am connected? My leaders – love, respect, honor, submission, ownership and a share in the burdens that they carry so that I can help lighten their load My husband – love, respect, honor, submission, nice [...]
Here is the DT Packet for July 2nd – 6th, 2012: 1. DT_Romans9-12_Jul2-Jul6_2012
Submitted by Yumi K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church REFLECTION Questions Romans 12:4-8 Reflect on the phrases “do not all have the same function,” “each member belongs to all the others,” and “have different gifts.” Have I accepted these truths, or is there some degree of resistance to the way these truths work out in my [...]
Submitted by Annie K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Why is “in view of God’s mercy” the basis for offering up our bodies as living sacrifices? God showed me mercy when he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins and take on the punishment that I rightly [...]
Submitted by Daniel C. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Romans 11:11-24 “It is good for those that have found mercy with God to be often thinking what they were in time past, and how they obtained that mercy. This would help to soften our censures of those that still continue in unbelief, and quicken our prayers [...]