FPC Women’s Retreat
April 24-26, 2020
Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tracey Davenport
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give
thanks in all circumstances; for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Registration begins Feb. 2nd - online at:
fpcsd.org/special-events
$200 per person – limited half-scholarships are
available
For information contact Peggy at:
pegbaker@pacbell.net
Smoke, nothing but smoke.
[That’s what the Quester says.]
There’s nothing to anything—it’s all
smoke.
The Message
Since they didn’t bother to acknowledge
God, God quit bothering them and let
them run loose. And then all hell broke
loose: rampant evil, grabbing and
grasping, vicious backstabbing. They
made life hell on earth with their envy,
wanton killing, bickering, and cheating.
Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous,
fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies,
swaggerers, insufferable windbags!
They keep inventing new ways of
wrecking lives. They ditch their parents
when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy,
cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if
they don’t know better. They know
perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s
face. And they don’t care—worse, they
hand out prizes to those who do the
worst things best!
Romans 1:28-32
The Message
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your
culture that you fit into it without even
thinking. Instead, fix your attention on
God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what he wants from you,
and quickly respond to it. Unlike the
culture around you, always dragging you
down to its level of immaturity, God brings
the best out of you, develops well-formed
maturity in you.
Romans 12:2
The Message
Our old way of life before we believed in
Christ is completely in the past. We should
put it behind us like old clothes to be thrown
away. When we decide to accept Christ’s gift of
salvation (2:8-10), it is both a one-time
decision, as well as a daily conscious
commitment. We are not to be driven by
desire and impulse. We must put on the new
nature, head in the new direction, and have
the new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit
gives.
LIFE Application
“It is the Spirit’s renewal of our
minds that results in the Spirit’s
creation of righteousness and
holiness in us, a God-fashioned life
as God re-creates his character in
us”.
Eugene Peterson
Practice Resurrection pg. 189
Ephesians 4: 17-24

Ephesians 4: 17-24

  • 2.
    FPC Women’s Retreat April24-26, 2020 Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tracey Davenport "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Registration begins Feb. 2nd - online at: fpcsd.org/special-events $200 per person – limited half-scholarships are available For information contact Peggy at: pegbaker@pacbell.net
  • 8.
    Smoke, nothing butsmoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. The Message
  • 12.
    Since they didn’tbother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose. And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags!
  • 13.
    They keep inventingnew ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if they don’t know better. They know perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s face. And they don’t care—worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best! Romans 1:28-32 The Message
  • 15.
    Don’t become sowell-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:2 The Message
  • 20.
    Our old wayof life before we believed in Christ is completely in the past. We should put it behind us like old clothes to be thrown away. When we decide to accept Christ’s gift of salvation (2:8-10), it is both a one-time decision, as well as a daily conscious commitment. We are not to be driven by desire and impulse. We must put on the new nature, head in the new direction, and have the new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit gives. LIFE Application
  • 22.
    “It is theSpirit’s renewal of our minds that results in the Spirit’s creation of righteousness and holiness in us, a God-fashioned life as God re-creates his character in us”. Eugene Peterson Practice Resurrection pg. 189

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