Small Group

Jerry and I are now hosting a small group at our house twice a month. There are eight of us who meet regularly. That's just the right size. We're very informal, have coffee and (last night) banana bread. Made with ripe bananas not plantains!!! We always discuss the morning sermon, (not rip it apart) we try to go deeper and apply it to our own lives. The sermon yesterday was on John 3:1-21, very familiar scripture. Nicodemus went to Jesus at night to ask some questions. Our pastor does such a good job with scripture. After Nicodemus said that they knew Jesus was sent by God because of all the miraculous miracles he did, most of us would have thanked him for the nice compliment and let it go! I'm sure I would have. But Jesus went straight to the man's heart need and told him he had to be born again to receive eternal life! And, as you can imagine, we had a really good discussion in our small group. We try to hold the time to 1 hour and we always begin and end our time with prayer. Then they stay as long as they want just for visiting. We're becoming quite close friends and know we can depend on each other if we have a need. Thank you, Lord, for our small group. Thank you for John, Larry, Linda, Donna, Vera, and Rose. Thank you for giving Jerry and me this privilege of hosting such a time twice a month. Help us to grow closer to You as we grow closer to each other. Help us to not become a clique, but to be open to others joining us and even to branch out and start new small groups.