SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES TO MY BELOVED '87 GIRLS.

hello my darlings! here are sunday schools notes for this week [yaye
claps we are ontime!!] hahaha. anw just some updates, we've been
combined with t grace's class and depending on the way you see it
either we are the additions or sisi, jamie and amanda are the
additions to our class!! but anw sunday school this week was extremely
thought-provoking, and since ive been -tasked- to be the scribe, haha
i will share with you guys! [with exceedingly great joy hehe]

t grace started off with asking us who wrote the book of ephesians
[answer:Paul] and then she highlighted to us that Paul wrote four
books/letters whilst he was in prison, namely ephesians, colossians,
philemon and philippians!

The main role of ephesians was to encourage, edify and strengthen the
churches in Ephesus [the latter was not solely addressed to a single
church]

3 thoughts were brought up about the main aim or the SUBJECT of the
book of ephesians:
1. the 'church of the living God' [eph1:22-23, 2:21]
2. the mystery of salvation [eph3:4, 4:13]
3. a new man and the church as a temple [eph5:25, 6:11]

3 questions we then posed to us:
1. what does the Church of the living God mean to you?
2. how do you function in life as a member of the Church?
3. what expectations are there of me if i am a member of the Church of
the living God?
- how do you draw encouragement by being a part of the Church?

t grace then asked us to each ask her one question

Sisi - when do you become a part of the church?
Jia - why is the Church referred to as the mystery of Christ?
Cherie - why did Paul use the concept of the Church to encourage the people?
Jenny - if Paul's purpose in writing ephesians was to edify, how do
you explain the current state of Ephesus [present-day Turkey]?
Rach - are the expectations of a member of the church generic or
specific to each individual? And how do you know you are fulfilling
what is expected of you?

hahaha okays thats all i have for sunday school notes. heh. LILING AND
VETTE AND RAH I MISS YOUUUUU!!!! man. i cant wait for you guys to come
back real real real soon :'( for me, sch is getting really hectic esp
cos im leaving for bangkok this fri for a law student conference and
ive a deadline submission and basically im about to go mad. hahah. BUT
my new determination for 2007 is to be more positive in my outlook,
STOP WORRYING and start trusting! hahah. so yea i am learning to trust
Him and focus on Him (: ive been reading both the book of ephesians
and the book of james recently, and i think they both have very
practical viewpts on life. one concept from the book of ephesians is
that of WALKING, walking in love, walking in wisdom [circumspectly].
and thats my encouragement to you too! to keep walking. (:

walking with Jesus there is no greater thrill! walking with Jesus
calms my heart like nothing else will (:

love you guys loads and loads, and i will do my very best to remember
all of you in prayer (:

in His love and much of mine, rach (: