Coming to a Close (Sarah Ann)

To wrap up our study on the book of Galatians, I'd like to leave you with a little message to take with you into the summer. Below I've listed verses and topics from our study and set them to an acrostic of Galatians. (I like to play with words, can you tell?)  :) 

As much as I've learned throughout this study, I have so much more yet to learn! I hope you continue to read and study God's Word, establishing a pattern that works for you. I'm not a morning person, so I enjoy my quiet time at night...when things are quiet. :) Maybe mornings work well for you. Maybe you are able to find a quiet moment in the afternoon. My challenge to you (and to myself as well!) is to seek after God all through the day--morning, noon, and night! We can do that by listening to praise music, praying while driving, recalling scripture verses committed to memory, and of course--by reading the Bible.

Have a fabulous summer everyone, and we will see you in the fall!!!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1:3)
Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. (3:6) 
Law or grace?
And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God. (2:20)
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (5:22-23)
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. (5:25)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (6:9)
Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world? (4:9)
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (6:10)

Coming to a close (Justine)

I agree with Sarah Beth - I can't believe we are already done with Galatians!

As I have taken the time to review this week, I have realized how easy it is to get caught up with pleasing people and living a life of slavery instead of freedom.  Going through Galatians has left me with some great statements to post on my mirror + to preach to myself!  I also realized how much more balanced and settled I feel when I am in the Word daily.  Just the chance to sit down + focus on God + His Truths stayed with me throughout the next day.  There is an obvious reason why God wants us to meet with Him daily!  He is our heart's encourager + peace!

I have loved getting to know the women in my group + was encouraged by the different questions, responses, and comments on our passages we read each week.  I so appreciated the accountability to get in the Word every night and to apply what I was reading to my life.

I am so thankful for the opportunity to do this Online Bible Study with each of you!  May the routine you set through this study continue through the summer until we rejoin for the fall!  See you then!

Justine

Coming to A Close (Sarah Beth)

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of our study on the book of Galatians.  For those who participated in the online portion of this study, we spent 14 weeks looking at the book of Galatians.  But for those of us who led discussion groups, we have been camped out in this book for about six months, half a year, twenty-four weeks.  However you look at it, that's a significant amount of time to spend in one book.  And yet, I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of truly understanding and applying the truths in this book.  I'm sure I could spend another six months and not have it all down.

But there are a few verses that have stuck out in my mind and I feel capture the spirit of the book, the main points if you will.  You probably have other verses that spoke to you and sum up the book for you.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness^[c] were through the law,then Christ died for no purpose.


As I read these verses, I realize I could sit and meditate on these verses every day and let the truth of Christ living in me, and how that looks in my daily life, truly sink into my brain.

I pray that you also had verses you will carry with you from this time in study.  May God use your time in His word these past weeks to build your faith in Him.

God bless you all!  We hope to see you this fall in our next study.