ONLINE SUMMER STUDY: COLOSSIANS
Join us this summer for our online study of Colossians. - starts 4th and 5th July.
Join us this summer for our online study of Colossians.
There will be two online study groups running, the dates, and times of which are as follows:
Study Group 1
(Tuesdays 8-9 PM):
Colossians Part 1 - Tuesday 4th July
Colossians Part 2 - Tuesday 18th July
Colossians Part 3 - Tuesday 1st August
Colossians Part 4 - Tuesday 15th August
Study Group 2
(Wednesdays 10-11 AM):
Colossians Part 1 - Wednesday 5th July
Colossians Part 2 - Wednesday 19th July
Colossians Part 3 - Wednesday 2nd August
Colossians Part 4 - Wednesday 16th August
Joining us? If so, here's how to take part online via Zoom in any of the group study times listed above:
Print off the required study beforehand (see studies section below).
Click the ZOOM INTO THE BIBLE button (see below) around 5-10 mins before the group start time and when requested enter the password which is 081402
If the leader of the group has not yet joined the study you will be put into a waiting room until they do.
Once the leader joins you will come out of the waiting room and join the rest of the group.
STUDIES
There is no preparation required before each group study. All we ask is for you to print off the necessary study beforehand. Each study is available to print in 2 formats - either as a BOOKLET (two pages folded in half) or a 4 PAGE study.
PRINT AS BOOKLET
To print a study as a booklet do the following:
Click the BOOKLET BUTTON below for the study you want to print.
Click option to print document - on most devices this should bring up print options to choose before printing document e.g. pages to print, colour / black white etc.
Before printing - check if there is an option to print as a booklet, if so select it. Note - printing as a booklet uses less paper but depending on the device you are using this option may not be available or require a bit of searching to find it.
If the option to print as a booklet is not available then we recommend printing as a 4 page study (see instructions below), especially if you are taking part in the online study.
Print study - fold pages in half and make into booklet.
PRINT AS 4-PAGE STUDY
Click the 4-PAGE BUTTON below for the study you want to print.
Click option to print document.
Print document as is.
TAKING PART
On the day click the ZOOM INTO THE BIBLE button below around 5-10 mins before the group start time and when requested enter the password which is 081402
As always, we are here to help. So, if we can be of any further assistance about taking part in this study then please don't hesitate to get in touch with us - email info@preceptireland.org or give us a call on 028 9074 6082 (Mon - Thurs 9 AM - 1:30 PM).
Visit our Lightning Study Archive for more free downloadable studies!
MINI STUDY: HAGGAI (part 3 of 3)
Is holiness contagious? Can we ‘catch it’ through contact with holy things? Such questions may seem odd to us as believers today. Yet these are the types of questions the LORD directs the prophet Haggai to ask - to expose a specific sin infecting the community of God’s people in his day, who were placing their confidence in rebuilding the temple, and association with holy things, to be clean and acceptable in God’s sight.
ABUNDANT GRACE
Is holiness contagious? Can we ‘catch it’ through contact with holy things? Such questions may seem odd to us as believers today. Yet these are the types of questions the LORD directs the prophet Haggai to ask - to expose a specific sin infecting the community of God’s people in his day, who were placing their confidence in rebuilding the temple, and association with holy things, to be clean and acceptable in God’s sight.
Join us as we explore further what the Lord had to say through His prophet to His people then, and to us now, and seek to live in the light of the truth we discover.
To download any of the studies in the series to print at home, just click the button below. Please feel free to share these studies as well.
MINI STUDY: HAGGAI (part 2 of 3)
KEEP GOING. That is the message of the prophet Haggai to a people who had become disheartened in their labour for the LORD and doubtful of His presence with them. And the word of the LORD to them has much to say to encourage any of us who also have become discouraged in the work of God’s Kingdom and are tempted to just give up.
KEEP GOING
KEEP GOING. That is the message of the prophet Haggai to a people who had become disheartened in their labour for the LORD and doubtful of His presence with them. And the word of the LORD to them has much to say to encourage any of us who also have become discouraged in the work of God’s Kingdom and are tempted to just give up.
Join us as we continue our three-part mini-study series on the book of Haggai, exploring further what the Lord had to say through His prophet to His people then, and to us now, and seek to live in the light of the truth we discover.
To download study one or study two in the series to print at home, just click the button below. Please feel free to share these studies as well.
DEVOTIONAL: KEEP GOING
Ever feel your labour for the LORD is in vain? Or tempted to look around at the gifts and ministry of others and see yours as insignificant or pointless by comparison?
KEEP GOING
READ: Haggai 2:1-9
Ever feel your labour for the LORD is in vain? Or tempted to look around at the gifts and ministry of others and see yours as insignificant or pointless by comparison?
If so, then you’re not alone. These verses from Haggai 2 tells us of a people similarly discouraged in their service for the LORD, struggling to rebuild His temple, seeing their work as irrelevant and filled with doubt as to whether God was even with them in their endeavours.
And it is in their despair that the LORD calls them to be strong, to work, to not be afraid, because He is with them, His Spirit in their midst. And encourages their hearts in their service for Him with a renewed vision of the great work He has called them to do, and of Him the sovereign God who rules over all things and brings what He wills to pass.
And of course, we see the greater fulfilment of these promises in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the true temple, and those who are now in Him - the Church, the temple of the living God, living stones being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
And so, in our weariness the LORD calls us to be strong, to work, to not be afraid. That no labour for Him is ever in vain, however insignificant, or impossible it may seem to us to be, for He is with us in it all, indwelling and empowering us by the Spirit to live and work for Him, and who will one day complete the work He has begun in us, to the praise of His glory and grace. Oh, what a day!!
Pray with us (May 2023)
We are so thankful for all who pray for the work of Precept Ireland and support us financially. As we look ahead we continue to do so with confidence in our faithful God to supply more than we need for the work He has called us to do (2 Corinthians 9:8), and that He hears and answers all prayers according to His will (1 John 5:14-15).
We are so thankful for all who pray for the work of Precept Ireland and support us financially. As we look ahead we continue to do so with confidence in our faithful God to supply more than we need for the work He has called us to do (2 Corinthians 9:8), and that He hears and answers all prayers according to His will (1 John 5:14-15).
If you would like to partner with us in prayer then just click the button below to download and print at home this month’s prayer calendar.