WELCOME BACK!!!

I hope everyone is excited for another Jesus filled semester with The Wesley Foundation at Salisbury University!!

It is my pleasure to welcome everyone back to SU...

I hope to see new faces as well as Wesley's faithful returning members.

Please Come Out & Join Wesley Bible Study on Monday Nights in TETC 156 @ 8:00 pm.

If You Need More Information Please Contact:

President of The Wesley Foundation: Ashley Wilson @ aw79907@gulls.salisbury.edu

OR

Vice President of The Wesley Foundation: D'Anthra Adderley @ dadderley1@gulls.salisbury.edu

2 Timothy 2:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

15 Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

PRIDE VS. HUMILITY (week 3)

 

JAMES 4:6

“GOD opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

 

Biblical Character Profiles/Discussion Questions

a.      Young David – 1 Samuel 16-17

                                                              i.      What could have happened if David had approached the situation with pride?

b.      Woman who washed Jesus’s feet – Luke 7:36-50

                                                              i.      Is there a connection between humility and vulnerability?

c.       Hannah – 1 Samuel 1:1-28

                                                              i.      When God shows us grace, does he expect something in return?

d.      Joseph – Genesis 37, 39-46

                                                              i.      How does God’s grace spread from one person to many people?

e.      Ethiopian Eunuch – Acts 8:26-40

                                                              i.      In this passage, describe how the two men gave and received grace. From your own experience, can you think of any examples of how grace is exchanged?

 

God offers his grace to everyone, but not everyone chooses to receive it.

PRIDE SAYS: Thanks, but no thanks. I’m fine the way I am.

HUMILITY SAYS: I need your grace, God! I am a broken creation.

Counting the Cost (week 1)

Luke 14:25-33

New Living Translation (NLT)

The Cost of Being a Disciple

²⁵ A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, ²⁶ “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

²⁸ “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? ²⁹ Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. ³⁰ They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’

³¹ “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? ³² And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away. ³³ So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.

 

 

Definition of disciple:  one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another..

 

discussion questions:

 

What does it mean to carry your cross?

 

Look at cliff note:

 

It means putting God above everything in your life..

 

It means making god our first priority and being prepared to pay the price to live the life that God has called us to.

 

What is the cost??

 

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

New Living Translation (NLT)

Avoiding Lawsuits with Christians

6 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers^[a]! ² Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves? ³ Don’t you realize that we will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life. ⁴ If you have legal disputes about such matters, why go to outside judges who are not respected by the church? ⁵ I am saying this to shame you. Isn’t there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues? ⁶ But instead, one believer^[b] sues another—right in front of unbelievers!

⁷ Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated? ⁸ Instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your fellow believers.^[c]

⁹ Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, ¹⁰ or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. ¹¹ Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

 

Romans 13:13

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹³ Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.

 

Main points:

- pursuing righteousnous is gods cost for following him and giving up all ungodliness.

- we as christians... are called to judge each other according to the word of god.. not to condem or shame but to lovingly correct and exhalt to a high place.

- break down of individual unrighteous acts... main focus - sexual immorality, homosexuality, drinking

 

2 Timothy 1:7

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

 

main point 1 -- being drunk is opposite of having a sound mind

main point 2 -- God has given us the power to overcome and the ability to love.

1 John 4:18

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

 

main point 1: If your afraid to give up your lifestyle for him.. ask god for more of his love.. loving God and having an overflow of Gods love  in you will compell you to give up even you most prized possessions for his namesake

 

main point 2: Gods love can loose you from any form of bondage you have... sex, drugs, partying etc.

 

main point 3: having more of gods love.. refines you and forms you into christ image..

 

Matthew 6:33

New Living Translation (NLT)

³³ Seek the Kingdom of God^[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

 

main point - giving up what you think you need , things that god says you can do with out, it  really doesn't cost you anything because he intends on giving you something better than what you could have imagined to replace it with.

 

examples... of gods replacements:

- gf/bf  for wife/husband

- sex for peace, purity, and a better sense of self worth

- treasures on earth, for eternal treasures in heaven

- job for a career

-  responding to conditional love for responding to unconditional love. (world vs god)

Alternative to not changing:

James 4:4

New Living Translation (NLT)

⁴ You adulterers!^[a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Psalm 23

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹ The Lord is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.² He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
³ He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
⁴ Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,^[a]
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
⁵ You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
⁶ Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever.

 

Psalm 23

New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord the Shepherd of His People

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.² He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
³ He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell^[a] in the house of the Lord
Forever.

 

--- This is how we all should desire to feel.. complete and whole.. assured that go is on our side

 

- repent for not counting the cost

- pray that you would begin to live righteously, and that he would give more of his love so that you may do it

- recieve prayer

 

EVERYONE'S INVITED!!!!

HEY EVERYBODY!

THE WESLEY FOUNDATION IS BACK!!!

WE ARE SOOO EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE AND WE DESIRE TO SEE BOTH NEW AND OLD FACES THIS SCHOOL YEAR !

First Meeting: September 9th 2013

WESLEY'S VISION FOR THE 2013/2014 SCHOOL YEAR:

1. WE DESIRE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WHO TRULY DESIRE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, CONTINUALLY GROW AND  EXPAND THIS YEAR!  
2. WE WANT TO SEE THE BODY OF CHRIST FUNCTION AT ITS FULL CAPACITY, WHILE EMBRACING UNITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
3. WE WANT TO SEE MORE CHRISTIANS DISCOVER THEIR PURPOSE IN GODS KINGDOM AND BEGIN TO MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT IN THIS WORLD!
4. WE WANT TO OPEN DOORS FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE & TRUTH.
5. WE WANT TO SEE CHRISTIANS TRULY EXHIBIT THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARDS THEMSELVES AND THE REST OF HIS CREATION...

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!