Monday, November 29, 2010

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/29/10

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Nancy

We finished the chapter on "God-Love-Man." Next week we will start the chapter "Man's Relationship to Man."

For the experiment, we will take one of the fruits of the spirit mentioned on page 20 (love, patience, mercy, long-suffering, kindness, and gentleness) and apply it during the week.

Monday, November 22, 2010

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/22/10

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Greg

We are still in the chapter on "God-Love-Man." We are up to the section titled "The New Age."

With this being the week of Thanksgiving, the experiment is to look for things in which to be thankful. John is choosing to do a different one based on the words in the middle of page 17, "Had I always sought the kingdom first? Had I let God come first?"

Monday, November 15, 2010

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/15/10

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Sylvia

We started the chapter on "God-Love-Man." We are up to the section titled "Love."

The experiment this week is to find an opportunity to perform a random act of kindness.

Monday, November 8, 2010

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/08/10

Leader: Cindi
Reader: John

We finished the chapter on "Righteousness Versus Sin," so next week we will start on the chapter "God-Love-Man."

This coming week, let us take a sentence from the chapter and reflect on it. "Let us ask ourselves, are we manifesting thought, word and action and that which we sincerely believe?" (Found on page 5.) Do you have an ideal by which to compare against your actions? If so, then examine what you do this week to that ideal. If not, then look at what you do during the week that may be part of an underlying ideal that you are not aware of.

Monday, November 1, 2010

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/01/10

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Eric

We're in the first chapter ("Righteousness Versus Sin") in Book III and in the section "Our Purpose in Life." We are at the start of the second paragraph that begins "How great is the sin of those..."
Let us make the experiment this week a combination of inputs. We will take the affirmation read by Eric, add an ideals component from Cindi, and the ways of Christ mentioned by Nancy. So let the experiment read:
This week take one of the ways of the spirit of Christ (selflessness, love, mercy, forgiveness, patience, or long suffering), or an ideal you have chosen, and be a living example of that ideal by manifesting it among our fellow man.