[LSF-Announce] This Week at Refuge

[Nicole Kooistra]

Hey All,

Here's one of my favorite Bible passages:

"Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God?
shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of
rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of
my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God?"
Micah 6: 6-8

This is kind of a strange passage to pick as a favorite, but look closer.
What the prophet Micah is saying here is that nothing we do is good enough
to make us right with God.  All of the sacrificing and feast days and
everything else required by the Old Testament law doesn't cut it.  Which was
precisely the point.  By continually failing to fulfill the Law perfectly,
the Israelites learned how much they needed a Savior.  It's not about us and
what we do--it's about God and what He does to save us.  This doesn't., of
course, mean we do whatever we want, but it does mean that we need to take
the focus off of our own works and put them on God's goodness.  Our lives
aren't about us.  They're about Him.


Now, on to business! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!


Monday, November 27: lounge open from 6:00-10:00

Tuesday, November 28: pastor-led Bible study in the lounge at 9:00.  Still
working our way through the book of Luke.

Wednesday, November 29: discussion group at 9:00 in the lounge led by Nikki
(i.e., me:-) on faith

Thursday, November 30: Women's Bible study at 7:00.  Meet at the church, and
we'll head to an *undisclosed location* from there. (This joke is getting
old. Sorry about that, guys.)

Friday, Dec. 1: *CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!  from 7:00-12:00 in the sky room,
which is that great room with all the windows at the top of the student
center (it has an awesome view, I might add).  If you're interested, contact
Mike at z063656 at students.niu.edu before TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday).  Tomorrow
night at Bible study is the last night to sign up.*
**
Sunday, Dec. 3: worship at 8:00 and 10:30, with pancakes following the 10:30
service in the lounge.



All right, that's all for now. Have a fantastic week. Only three more weeks
of school! (Not that we're all counting, of course.)

Nikki
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