The Gathering Place Where Family Matters

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17-19).

I shared with you last time about an entry in Karen’s Bible study journal about how we view ourselves. While taking a vacation is very good, viewing ourselves as on a permanent vacation (cruise ship mentality) is not the Biblical view. The Lord wants us to view ourselves as believers who belong to the Lord and seek to follow Him (battle ship mentality) because we are in spiritual warfare.

Before Karen became ill, we were doing a family camp together. I’ve discovered in looking through her Bible study journal, that she wrote about a point I made in one of the morning family camp chapels. Do we view ourselves as from a cruise ship mentality or a battle ship mentality?

Karen wrote: For those who have never ministered to someone going through “deep waters” let me suggest some things NOT to do.

Changes in life are inevitable. In one of her Bible study journals she wrote about learning how to be content when changes come about. At the start of this new year, I am sure that each of us will experience some significant changes this year. Let me share the verse she was studying and then her notes.