Jr. High update...

Our Jr. High...

We had a great Wednesday night last week. We attempted a classic game of 3 legged soccer which was fun except that we used rope to tie the students feet together. After about 5 minutes they all had some form of rope burn on their ankles. But hey, what is youth group for???
We then had our lesson time and the girls went with my wife Amy and I kept the rowdy boys. We looked into Proverbs 3:5, 6, 28-32. We discussed the contrast between "trusting in the Lord" and "leaning on our own understanding." We talked about how we are to "acknowledge" the Lord in every aspect of our lives. From here we noted the last few verses give us practical ways to live out our trusting in the Lord and acknowledging Him. After the lesson we had a great game of Gatorball which was a good conclusion to the evening.

In Sunday School we looked at Numbers 13 and 14:6-10. The lesson began with an illustration on perspectives. We then took a glimpse the spies that went into the Promised land and what they saw, experienced and took back with them. We then noted that the spies were sent into the land as a test by God. For, there were 12 spies; 10 of them came back and gave what the bible tells us was a "bad report" (13:32), saying that the land was good but that the inhabitants were too big and powerful and that the people could not take the land. This was 1 perspective and it affected the whole congregation of Israel. However, there was another perspective. Joshua and Caleb came back and told the people that the land was good and that God was on their side so they sould get up and take the land. They warned the people that to do otherwise would be rebellion against God. This perspective also affected all the people. Thus, we concluded that the 10 spies had the wrong perspective, their God was little and unable; but Caleb and Joshua had the wright perspective, their God was big and able. So, I closed by asking the students what their perspective of God is... is He small and unable to handle the situations of their lives, or... is He big and able to handle anything in their lives?

In light of the above question, I would encourage you all to continue to discuss with your kids their perspective of God. Through this, may the Lord bless you and keep you!

For His Kingdom...