2010-Oct-04 Richard Rolle pp. 129-135

My apologies for being slow at getting this session started.  My excuse is that I was waiting for the new sign-ups to get organized and then was  away on business last week.  So here we are at the beginning of a new season.   I encourage everyone who signed up to log in at least once this week even if you don't actually make any comments.  Here are the questions:
 
1. Richard Rolle describes his spiritual experiences as being accompanied by a sensation of warmth, which he compares to a fire.  Have your ever felt any physical sensations in a time of worship or devotion?
2. What activities fan the flame of devotion in your life? Consider reading, hearing good preaching, praying, being in fellowship with others, enjoying creation, and any other spiritual activities in which you engage.
3. Rolle writes, "People become like what they love."  What (or who) are some of your loves, and how have you become like them?
4. The devil, notes Rolle, may have possession of those who appear religious on the outside ("the busy worker, or even the compelling preacher,"  for example).  What three characteristics clearly help us stand in opposition to the devil?
5. Jesus warns us not to hide our light, as a person who lights a candle and then hides it, but instead encourages us to put our light on a stand.  How can you as an individual or as a group be a light in a darkened world?