SUNDAY SCHOOL:
LESSON 1: MATTHEW 1:1-17, CAN YOU IMAGINE TAKING TEENAGERS THROUGH THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST? WELL, IT’S ACTUALLY IMPORTANT AND PROVED TO BE A GOOD HELP FOR THE TEENS TO UNDERSTAND WHY JESUS WAS BORN OF THE SEED OF A WOMAN. (BECAUSE THE (SIN) NATURE IS INHERITED FROM THE MAN)
LESSON 2: MATTHEW 1:18-23 THE BIRTH OF THE SINLESS SON OF GOD BY WAY OF THE SEED OF A WOMAN AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS A PROPHECY FULFILLED AND HIS PUPOSE WAS REVEALED. HE SHALLSAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
LESSON 3: MATTHEW 3, THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO JOHN THE BAPTIST THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. IT WAS HARD FOR ANYONE TO MISS THE STEPS NECESSARY BEFORE BAPTISM. 1)REPENT, 2)BELIEVE (ACTS 19:4), 3) THEN BE BAPTIZED.
LESSON 4: MATTHEW 4:1-11, THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS IN THE WILDERNESS. THE TEENS FOUND OUT THAT JESUS CAN HELP THEM THROUGH TEMPTATION NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE’S LORD, BUT BECAUSE HE EXPERIENCED IT, YET HE DIDN’T SIN. HE DID DEPEND ON THE WORD OF GOD THOUGH. I BELIEVE THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING A SPECIFIC SCRIPTURE FOR A SPECIFIC TEMPTATION.
WITNESSING WEDNESDAYS GOT BACK ON TRACK! AYOUNG MAN NAMED JOSH ADMITTED THAT HE WAS IN A BAD POSITION WITHOUT CHRIST. WE WILL PRAY FOR HIS SALVATION. ANOTHER WITNESSING EVENT BROUGHT THE TEENS TO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMEONE CAN SAY THEY BELIEVE IN CHRIST BUT NOT BE TRULY SAVED BECAUSE THEY SPEAK OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN.
AFTER A GREAT DAY OF WORSHIP ON THE 19TH: SUNDAY SCHOOL, MORNING WORSHIP, & EVENING WORSHIP, MONDAY THE 20TH WAS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY SO WE TOOK A TRIP TO BLUE BELL IN BRENHAM FOR A LITTLE FUN. SOMEHOW THOSE TEENS HAD MORE FUN AT CICI’S PIZZA THAN ON THE TOUR OF THE ICE CREAM PLANT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ALWAYS INCLUDE SOME FUN AND GAMES, BUT I’M GLAD TO SEE TEENAGERS INTERESTED IN THE WORD OF GOD AND ENTERING INTO DISCUSSION DURING AND AFTER THE LESSONS THIS MONTH ON HUMILITY, OUR ATTITUDE ABOUT A FELLOW CHRISTIAN THAT TRIPS INTO SIN (THEY NEED OUR HELP, NOT OUR CRITICISM), AND THEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT GAVE US THE EXAMPLE OF EVERYTHING WE “DON’T” WANT TO BE.
I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST, KATY PERRY TRUSTED JESUS CHRIST AS HER LORD AND SAVIOUR THIS MONTH. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THAT, KINDLE BYER WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED, AND LAST SUMMER JORDAN YOUNGUE FOUND CHRIST AT CAMP. IT’S AWESOME TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING SAVED AT A YOUNG AGE TODAY.
