Summit Small Group of Mebane

As one son enters the nest…

…another leaves.

Eleanor "Ele" Lynn at birth - 25 weeks (adjusted age)

Eleanor “Ele” Lynn at 34 weeks (adjusted age)

 SHE’S HOME!!!  Thank you for your prayers!

There's no place like home!

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Mebane SummitLife Group May 2010

 Thanks to all for coming out to celebrate with us!!!   -The Gilmores

Anybody want to do lunch at Olive Garden today or tomorrow maybe?

For those of you who weren’t able to make it to the marriage conference with Paul David Tripp, here are some of my notes from the conference:

-Most of our life is spent in the utterly mundane, not in the “big moments.”  The character of a marriage is set in 10,000 little moments, not 3 or 4 big moments

-Marriage is a flawed person living with a flawed person, but with a faithful God

-A marriage of unity, understanding, and love is not rooted in romance, but in worship.

-Your words and behavior are more formed by what’s inside of you, than by what’s outside of you (Luke 6:43-45)

-Heart = causal core of your personhood

-There is nothing that comes out of the mouth of a drunk, that was not already in the heart in the first place

-I am my biggest marriage problem

-All marriage problems are heart problems

-It is hard to keep what is truly important important in your life this side of eternity (Romans 1:25)

-DNA of sin=selfishness

-I was created for something bigger than me.  Sin makes me want to be in the center of my universe, the place for God and God alone.

-Sin in its fundamental form is antisocial–>sin pulls me in, keeps me from being directed towards others

-As long as there is sin still inside of me, I’m carrying around something that is destructive to relationships

-Many marriages are built on self-love; true righteousness only begins when you quit living for yourself

-Marriage, this side of heaven, is a war between two kingdoms (kingdom of self vs kingdom of God) (Matthew 6:19-33)

-Good relationships are good because the people in them have prioritized them

-Husbands, you don’t NEED a wife who respects you and follows your lead.  This is a blessing, but you cannot set this up as a demand.  We are all too skilled at turning blessings into demands.  (there was a similar example given to wives with regards to “needing” a husband who loves her)

-The minute you name something as a need you are entitled to it, you can demand it, you define God’s faithfulness by if it’s provided

-When God’s love is not the ruling force in your life, the love of self will ALWAYS be

-Relationships are not first fixed horizontally (between you and your spouse), they are fixed vertically (between you and God)

-Love=willing self sacrifice for the good of another that does not demand reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving (1 John 4:7-11)

-Love does its best work when others are undeserving

-True love is not best born out of duty, true love is best born out of gratitude

-What happens outside of the marriage bed will shape what happens inside the marriage bed

Nate

Would anyone be interested in going on a road trip with me to IL this weekend? It would be Friday-Sunday. One of my best friend’s daughter’s birthday is this weekend and I thought it would be a great excuse to go suprise her.

Christy

Imagine if we as brothers and sisters “in Christ” prayed to our Father in these precious moments that we are “breathing” in/in His presence for each other?