After the Christmas break, Pastor Jim has resumed his weekly Bible Study. Last year we studied the opening chapters of Revelation and then moved into Esther. This year, we’re starting out with some selections from the book of Psalms…
Prayer???
Have you ever wondered what you should pray about? The Bible says that the Holy Spirit will help you out. Here’s what Paul said in Romans 8:26…
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
The Bible is loaded with many examples of people praying; how did these people connect with the Holy Spirit? What did they pray for? What did they not pray for??? The Book of Psalms is the “Hebrew Hymnbook”, but it’s also full of prayers. In these Psalms you’ll find prayers for forgiveness, prayers for deliverance, prayers that just praise God for who He is. And you’ll also find prayers of despair, pain, and anger. One thing we learn pretty quickly (especially from David’s Psalms) is that God wants us to be totally honest. He can take it if we tell Him what we really thing!
Tuesday Bible Study
To open 2023, we’re going to open our Bible to Psalms. Pastor Jim leads the study on Zoom; all you have to do is open your computer (or grab your phone or tablet), click the link, sit back and listen. If you’re the talkative type, you’ll have all kinds of opportunities to ask questions and to participate in discussion. But if you’d rather click the mute button and just “sit at the feet of the Pastor” and learn something about the Bible (and to grow closer to God), you can do that too.
Here are the details:
Tuesday Bible Study
DATES: Every Tuesday (or most weeks, anyway)
TIME: It starts at 1:30 PM. We usually wrap up by 2:30-2:45.
PLACE: Wherever you want! It’s online.
WHO: It’s geared towards adults, but anyone is welcome. Man or Woman.
MATERIALS: Other than the Bible, there’s no book involved. And you can log in using a computer, tablet, or smartphone. You can even dial in using your “old fashioned” Telephone!
If you’ve never used Zoom before, don’t let it scare you off- it’s actually pretty easy.
- To join the study, send an email to: group-Pjim@PitmanUMC.org. Just ask to be added to the email list for Pastor Jim’s Tuesday Bible study. Once you’re on the list, you don’t need to email again.
- Sometime before the study starts (usually on Monday) Pastor Jim will email you the link to that week’s Bible Study. The link is only good for that week’s study.
- A few minutes before the study starts, click on the link that you received in the email. If you don’t have a computer (or tablet or smartphone), the link will also show you how you can listen in using your telephone.
- When Zoom loads, click the “Join Meeting” link. If you’ve never used Zoom before, you’ll have the option of installing the Zoom App. You don’t have to use it, but it does make it a bit easier. Go ahead and let Zoom install the App.
- Once you’ve joined the meeting, you’ll be greeted with the “Brady Bunch” screen of friendly faces. If you don’t want to see your own face in the “gallery”, you can “hide self view.”
- Sit back and listen for what God has to say to you.
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