Time & Place
All Previous Meeting Notes
Meeting Structure
- 730-745 Early Arrival
- 745-755: Arrival, Introductions, Opening Prayer
- 755-805: Discuss attempts at putting something into practice
- 805-825: Questions and Discussion
- 825-840: Talk about something we can try for the following week
- 840-845: Prayer and Benediction
The Last Verse of the OT
“I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Malachi 4:6 CSB
Elijah (John The Baptist)
A voice of one calling:
Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.
And the glory of the Lord will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 40: 3-6 CSB
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