tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86372651598133456132024-03-04T23:02:30.630-08:00New Albany CBSMrs. Gettelfinger's Classkellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-68460114656270015662013-04-18T11:30:00.000-07:002013-04-18T11:30:02.791-07:00Welcome...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow! It's quite incredible how quickly the year went by!</div>
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We learned SO MUCH from our study of</div>
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and James!</div>
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Here's wishing you a fabulous summer!</div>
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May you take the Word of God (from your heart as well as your Bibles)</div>
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and share it UNASHAMED with those you meet with this summer!</div>
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<br />kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-75582366600001379772013-04-11T11:30:00.000-07:002013-04-11T11:30:00.157-07:00James Lesson 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have some students stand and read "well known" Scriptures (John 3:16, etc.)</div>
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Discuss the difference between knowing God's Word and delivering a testimony. Share how most people are moved to know Jesus or know Him more by our testimonies. Explain how many people are turn from God when Scripture is simply stated to them.</div>
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Explain how a real testimony only comes from true submission.</div>
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Knowing Scripture is where we begin to grow our faith. Sharing our testimonies ALONG WITH Scripture is submitting to God's direction in Matthew 28:19-20 "Go and make disciples..."</div>
kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-9560296393057741232013-04-09T10:22:00.000-07:002013-04-09T10:22:00.168-07:00Lesson 5 Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."</div>
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"If you really keep my royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing right." James 2:8</div>
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So Mrs. Gettelfinger came to the Wrap Up a bit of a mess today. Her hair was messy and she still had on her PJs. She was stopped by Mrs. Hamilton and reminded that she hadn't gotten ready for the Wrap Up. When she looked in the mirror, she was shocked to see that she had forgotten to get ready even though she knew God had asked her to "do it." Some of the kids also remarked about how she looked. Once again, she looked in the mirror and was shocked to find that she had forgotten to get ready for the Wrap Up... even though she knew God had asked her to</div>
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She began the Wrap Up for Lesson 2 of James with a look back at last week's core group time...</div>
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How many of you remember what we talked about last week in our core groups?</div>
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Remember? We played the trivia game to review our study of Philippians. I have to tell you... the other teachers and I were a bit disappointed at how much we had learned in Philippians and how much had been forgotten. We were also a bit surprised at how many of you didn't want to participate in the review.</div>
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Listen... we -your teachers- would NEVER ask you to do something that would embarrass you in any way. God may one day ask you to do something which may cause you to feel uncomfortable (such as... ask someone for forgiveness or go far far away on a mission trip.) God will ask you to do things that may at first cause us to feel uncomfortable because HE knows how much we can handle. He knows exactly what we are ready for and what we are not. We -your teachers- are not God. We would never ask you to do anything that would embarrass you. Ever.</div>
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The trivia game was not intended to cause anyone to feel uncomfortable. Nor was it intended to give you bragging rights if you won or make you feel like a "loser" if you lost. It really had nothing to do with winning or losing at all. It had everything to do with helping you REMEMBER what you had learned from the book of Philippians.</div>
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It was simply a FUN way to remember.</div>
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How many of you play sports or have played an organized sport of some kind? What do you do before you can play an actual game? Yes, practice! That's how you LEARN the sport. You practice. In practice, you learn the rules and guidelines. In practice, you learn strategies and skills to help you succeed in the game. What do most teams do between practice and an actual game? Scrimmage? Even though a scrimmage is considered a "game," it's not an "official" game... winning and losing don't really matter in a scrimmage game.</div>
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It's sort of like - a FUN WAY TO REVIEW...</div>
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Listen, your coaches would never ask you to do anything in a game you didn't already learn AND DO in practice. Your teachers -me, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Neal- we would never ask you to do something in class you didn't already learn from your lesson. And God -this is the important one- are you listening -God is not going to ask you to do something you had not already heard about in His Word. God is asking you to REVIEW and REMEMBER what you have already learned from His Word. James 1:22 says, "Don't just hear God's Word while you're having fun at CBS or church or youth group. Don't think that as long as you do your CBS lesson each week or go to church each week that you are doing all God is asking you to do. What did you learn from the Word?! Review it! Remember it! Now go do it!"</div>
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James chapter 1 teaches us life lessons of trials, temptations, pride, and so much more. Seek where God is speaking to your heart. I challenge you to review James chapter 1 this week. Don't be like me and the mirror... I walked away and FORGOT to do what God had already asked me to do. I challenge you to review James chapter 1 this week.</div>
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"God exalted Him to the highest place</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">DO NOT take more than ten seconds.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">DO NOT read the sentence.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">DO NOT go through it more than once.</span><br />
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The sign above was presented to the students today before our Wrap Up to Lesson 14.<br />
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Our CBS lesson this week is PACKED with life lessons. Because of our time restraint, there is simply no way for us to address each of the life lessons God would have us learn from Lesson 14. Let's "skim" over each life lesson and then we will decide which one to address...<br />
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In the first part of our lesson (Mark 11:27-33), Jesus had His authority challenged by the chief priests, scribes, and elders of the church. This is nothing new in our study of Mark. Remember, even the disciples are having a difficult time realizing Jesus IS God as well as man.<br />
So we'll skip over that life lesson.<br />
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Next we hear Jesus give the parable of the tenants (Mark 12:1-12). How many of you have heard this parable before? Lots of us... so we'll skip this one also.<br />
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Our lesson next addresses Jesus speaking about taxes and the government (Mark 12:13-17.) We all know the question about paying taxes was just another attempt by the Pharisees and Herodians to trap Jesus and turn Him over to the Roman government. And let's face it... this isn't the first time the leaders have tried to trap Jesus. Since we know all about that,<br />
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In Mark 12:18-27, the Sadducees decide to ask Jesus about the resurrection. Seriously? There's really no reason for us to linger on this part of our lesson because everyone knows the Sadducees didn't even BELIEVE in the resurrection! So why in the world were they asking Jesus about it?!<br />
Moving on...<br />
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Ooh, now this is a great life lesson part of our study... the two most important commandments (Mark 12:28-34.) Who can tell me what Jesus said were the two most important commandments? (Love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength... and love your neighbor as yourself -Mark 12:30-31) There you have it! Everyone has heard this time and time again so there's really no need for us to go into detail on this life lesson since<br />
we don't have time to touch on each and every part of Lesson 14.<br />
Let's go to the next part.<br />
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The next part of our lesson has a "warning" from Jesus in it. Perhaps we should stay here and focus on this warning. Warnings do help keep us safe and we are to listen wisely when Jesus gives us a warning. But the last part of our lesson really touches my heart and I can't help but think God wants me to focus my Wrap Up on the life lesson He has in the last part of Lesson 14.<br />
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How many of you know the story of the lady who gave her only two small coins into the church offering (Mark 12:41-44?) Practically all of us know this story!<br />
I guess we don't really need to discuss it then since<br />
nearly all of us have heard it and<br />
most likely understand it has to do with how much we give to the church.<br />
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How many of you counted one “F” in the sign I showed you
earlier? How many counted two
“F’s?” Three? Four?
How about five “F’s?” And how
many counted six “F’s?” Did anyone count
seven “F’s?” Let’s go through the sign
together. There are SIX “F’s” in this
sentence. Most of you counted ONLY
THREE. What’s funny about this sign is
that it is the same for nearly everyone who sees it… most everyone only sees
three “F’s.”<br />
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Remember this… my Swiss Army Knife? If I only use the knife part of my Swiss Army
Knife and never open all of the other cool tools, I will never know how
extremely useful ALL of the tools really are.
It’s the same for our Bibles. If
we only open our Bibles when we are working on our CBS lesson and never spend
time simply reading it outside of doing our CBS lesson, we will never know how
extremely useful it can be in our lives.
And if we only “skim over” it<br />
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did when you skimmed over the “F”
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we miss the MANY life lessons God has for us to learn.<br />
Many times God uses the stories we have heard
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I encourage you to read over Lesson 14 again this week
BEFORE you begin Lesson 15. Ask God to
make it brand new for you. It may sound
like “more work” to do but if you look at it as simply spending time in God’s
Word, it won’t seem like work at all.
Will you do this? Will you spend
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According to Peter's answer, perhaps the disciples finally understood Who Jesus really is. Then we come to today's lesson and we find the answer to that to be... no, they still don't get it. They still don't understand. Mark 9:32 says, "They did not understand what Jesus was saying and they were afraid to ask Him to explain." The disciples may have been everyday common men but they knew what Scripture said about the Messiah. They knew in Jeremiah 23:5-6 it says, "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as King and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In His days, Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the Name by which He will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness."</div>
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Our lesson moves on to the disciples arguing -actually fighting- about which one of them will be more important in the kingdom of heaven. IT'S NICE TO BE IMPORTANT. The disciples might have even thought that because they were the first ones to be called by Jesus, they were more important than anyone else called by Jesus.</div>
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Right now, it's important for you to hear the Wrap Up for our lesson. And since it is my turn to offer the Wrap Up, it's important that I be here. Does this mean Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Hamilton are NOT important? Absolutely not! What if Mrs. Neal came and said to each of them, "Well, your girls don't really have anything to do right now so feel free to go on home." Then when the Wrap Up is over, who would be in your classrooms to shepherd you? I may not need my Swiss Army Knife right this minute but Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Hamilton needed it a few minutes ago. It's the same when the Wrap Up is over.</div>
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Jesus tries to help the disciples AND us understand what it means to be important. He uses a child to help explain. Think about it... children must be cared for, right? This is why we have parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. It is important to care for the children of our world. This is why we have mission fields all over the world. In Mark 9:37, Jesus said, "Whoever receives one such child in my Name receives Me..." He said this so we would understand how IMPORTANT it is to care for others; adults as well as children.</div>
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At this point in our lesson, John actually shares with Jesus how someone who had not followed Jesus was actually caring for people and giving Jesus the credit for the actions. That actually made John mad. It was like the fork of my Swiss Army Knife complained to me that the spoon was trying to pick up a small piece of meat at dinner time. That's just stupid! Everyone knows a spoon is used for SOUP! John thought that only he and the other disciples were IMPORTANT enough to serve the Lord in such a special way.</div>
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To have my Swiss Army Knife without the bottle opener... I don't know what I would do. I like drinking bottled Coke. And these little scissors... I can't tell you how scratchy some of my shirt tags have been. These little scissors have really come in handy! This is how Jesus would feel about His church and the people who argue about what's IMPORTANT. He looks at His church and says, "Wow, this church would do really well to have a (insert student's name) in it. And a (another student's name)! Now that would come in handy for this church. And it sure would be nice if we just had a (another student's name.)! Then what this church could accomplish... THAT'S IMPORTANT!"</div>
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Jesus went home in the beginning of our lesson this week. I wonder if He had hoped to spend some special time with His family and friends while He was there. That didn't happen though, did it? As a matter of fact, Mark 6:3 says the people in Jesus's hometown "took offense at Him" which means they thought He was not acting like He was "on their side." They STILL didn't realize WHO Jesus really was, did they? Remember our Wrap Up a few weeks ago? Runner, softball player, hunter... I'm still Mrs. Gettelfinger. Teacher, Preacher, Healer... Jesus is still GOD. The people of His hometown saw Jesus as JUST a man... a man who healed a few sick people.</div>
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The most important difference between the two groups was that the apostles SPENT TIME ALONE -privately- WITH JESUS. The crowd had not had that kind of time with Him. Therefore, the apostles were stronger, more capable FOR CHRIST. Because of their time alone with Jesus, the apostles KNEW Him better than the people of the crowd.</div>
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(This is the part which is difficult to explain. Basically, the packing tape which was passed around from person to person will eventually not stick to anything. When the tape remains clean and is stuck to another clean strip, it is extremely difficult to tear apart. So it is when we make "special time" in God's Word and keep it important above all else that we become stronger and more capable of sharing the Gospel just as the apostles shared in our lesson.)</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"When He went ashore He saw a great crowd,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and He had compassion on them,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because they were like sheep without a shepherd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And He began to teach them many things."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mark 6:34</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"With the measure you use, it will be measured to you,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and still more will be added to you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For to the one who has, more will be given,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and from the one who has not,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even what he has will be taken away."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mark 4:24-25</div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-22845789767744626052012-09-13T00:00:00.001-07:002012-09-13T04:53:38.549-07:00Mark Lesson 5<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">MARK 3:7-35</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Object lesson:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dress up as two or three different types of hobbies/occupations,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ie. I dressed as a jogger and covered that outfit with </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">clothes of a softball player.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">T</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">hen I covered those clothes </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">with a worker's coveralls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With each layer, the students are asked "who am I?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the end of the Wrap Up, I layered up in the outfits again</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and repeated the question of "who am I?" -</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ending with </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">being just myself and asking, "who am I?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jogger, softball player, worker... I am still Mrs. Gettelfinger.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesus is Healer, Teacher, Authority...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the Truth missed by people in the Bible (and still many today) is</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WHO Jesus really is...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesus said, "I and the Father are One" John 10:30.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week we learn that Jesus called Matthew,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a tax collector looked down on by most people of the time, to discipleship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jesus eats with "bad" people. He works on God's day of rest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He talks about a "wedding groom."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And He fixes a man's broken arm... literally fixes it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it went from being broken to being perfectly fine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That had to be what many people were thinking... "Who is this Guy?!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We know from mark 2:10 that Jesus refers to Himself as "the Son of Man."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Mark 2:19, it seems that Jesus is referring to Himself as "the Bridegroom."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And in Mark 2:28 while speaking about the Sabbath (or God's day of rest,)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jesus says, "so the Son of Man is Lord even on the Sabbath."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our lesson today opens with a crowd coming to Jesus from everywhere and all around Israel. We learn that the crowd is SO large that even Jesus is concerned with being "crushed" by so many people (Mark 3:9 ESV.) These people came to Jesus from all over the land -WHY?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mark 3:9 tells us that people came because they "heard what He was doing."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WHAT HAD JESUS BEEN DOING?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember what He did last week for the man with the crippled hand? -Jesus had healed the man completely. So we know from Mark 3:10 that the people "pressing around Him to touch Him" were "all who had diseases." They had come to see a Healer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life. I have wounded and I WILL HEAL, no one can do with their hands what I can deliver from my hands." Deuteronomy 32:39</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We move on through our lesson to learn how Jesus calls the twelve Apostles and curiously enough... they all follow Jesus... no questions asked. He taught and trained the Apostles so that they could go and preach and teach and heal just like Jesus Himself was doing. Mark 3:15 says, "so they would have authority to cast out demons." Jesus gave unauthorized people authority to do things no one else could.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jesus's behavior had the leaders of Israel so confused about Who He really was that they actually feared He was sent by satan. Mark 3:22 says, "He must be posessed by Beelzebul (who was known to be the 'prince of demons' -Luke 11:15.) Of course Jesus corrects their thinking in Mark 3:23-27 by asking, "How can Satan cast out Satan?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Truly, I say to you , all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven the children of man, but whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness but is guilty of an eternal sin..." Mark 3:28-29. Jesus was basically saying, "If you are on my team, you will LOOK LIKE and ACT LIKE you are on my team." For the Apostles and for US, Jesus is our Team Leader.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even Jesus's own family; His mother and brothers were confused about Who Jesus really was. Mark 3:21 says, "They went out to SEIZE Him." They actually said something like, "This guy is a FREAK!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will very soon learn from Mark 8:29 where Jesus asks Peter Who Peter thinks Jesus is. Peter replies to the Lord, "You are the Messiah." Dictionaries define "Messiah" as "the anticipated Savior of the Jews" and "Jesus, regarded by Christians as the Messiah of the Hebrew prophecies and the Savior of the world."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who is Jesus TO YOU?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is He just a healer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is He just a teacher?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you being asked to do more with your faith?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This week, ask yourself -WHO IS JESUS TO ME?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And when the answer comes to you, will you do with your life what He is asking of you?</div></div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-10949534030287013692012-09-04T08:45:00.008-07:002012-09-12T07:13:30.684-07:00Lesson 4 Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dgoZ1hnzd_lCT85x0XWNcPRj6FpxsIMHbM2RW_Z0W3KGQVaG26Q_Kcx-REwdGNnxaqzIibi0vitTVtK3jm7f8YjZd6CKboEF1jEIi7Bd8pAv564d8bsIo1dt_Nr35YqZvKhZzaDluigl/s1600/tissot-the-pharisees-question-jesus-744x492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dgoZ1hnzd_lCT85x0XWNcPRj6FpxsIMHbM2RW_Z0W3KGQVaG26Q_Kcx-REwdGNnxaqzIibi0vitTVtK3jm7f8YjZd6CKboEF1jEIi7Bd8pAv564d8bsIo1dt_Nr35YqZvKhZzaDluigl/s320/tissot-the-pharisees-question-jesus-744x492.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How prepared are you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You're going to have a party.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you do to prepare for a party?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">clean the house</div><div style="text-align: center;">prepare the food</div><div style="text-align: center;">invite the guests</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Basically, these three things are the main things</div><div style="text-align: center;">most people do when having a party.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wouldn't it be nice to have someone else "clean the house" and "prepare the food" for you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Many people actually hire "party planners" to do these very things.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A party planner will even prepare and mail your invitations for you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT...</div><div style="text-align: center;">YOU still have to be the one responsible for making the guest list.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is YOUR party afterall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The party planner can't send invitations if he or she doesn't know who the guests are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So how prepared are you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The people of Israel knew a Savior was coming. In the very first part of our lesson this week we know they knew of a Savior because they had the prophesy quoted in Mark 1:2-3</div><div style="text-align: center;">(which was prophecy from Malachi & Isaiah)</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I will send a messenger ahead of you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who will prepare the way for you."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For years, the people of Israel had asked God for a KING... someone to rule over them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Deuteronomy 17:14)</div><div style="text-align: center;">So God let them have earthly kings...</div><div style="text-align: center;">time and time again the people and the kings would sin against God.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The people wanted their kings to "save them."</div><div style="text-align: center;">The people of Israel refused to prepare their hearts for a True King</div><div style="text-align: center;">who was the only King who can save anyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isaiah 33:22 says, "For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King;</div><div style="text-align: center;">only He will save us."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How prepared are you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">John was sort of like a "party planner" for Jesus. He "prepared the way for the Lord."</div><div style="text-align: center;">And since John was doing all of the planning and preparing, Jesus took care of the guest list.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In Mark 1:16-20, Jesus calls Simon and Andrew and James and John...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Come follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you ever seen the TV show "Hoarders?" It's a very sad show.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The people on the show have extreme clutter</div><div style="text-align: center;">(sometimes to the point of no entry) within their homes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Would they be prepared to have a party?</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is too much clutter and mess and sometimes dirt within their homes</div><div style="text-align: center;">for them to even consider having a party. They would first have to CLEAN their homes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">John can still be considered a "party planner" for us today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Make straight paths for Him."</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mark 1:3b</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You're being asked to have a party. How prepared are you?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your heart is your home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is it cluttered with sin and dirty with things such as selfishness, worry, being too shy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">being too loud or rowdy, being bossy, wanting your way too often,</div><div style="text-align: center;">being told to help out, arguing with a sibling.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes our hearts are like the homes of hoarders with so much clutter</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no way we could have a party.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When John said, "Make straight paths for Him," he meant, "Clean up your hearts!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus WANTS to come to your party. Jesus WANTS to enter your home... your heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What will you do to "clean up" your heart and</div><div style="text-align: center;">prepare the way for the Lord to enter into your heart?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even if you've already invited Jesus into your heart, sin is always in the corner of our hearts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like we always clean our homes, our hearts are always in need of a good sweeping.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The only way Jesus can enter our hearts and enjoy a party with us is</div><div style="text-align: center;">when our hearts are clean from sin and rid of bad behaviors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will you seriously look at the "problem areas" of your life and clean up your hearts for Jesus?</div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-68562516276148156892012-08-16T16:00:00.000-07:002012-08-16T16:00:55.360-07:00Lesson 2 Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo_GIlhwsBnuaoZ8QtIXGl1t4xSCfRc-LzA-qxybfCKibRC90vd7oi2A_prHdtRxYziDKBCrjBEUILwQxeYrpA93VZPG16wmaS9CG8DL3r3czVlzOJsk6ynljQrXDkd9bjMmTsrmeQoEM/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo_GIlhwsBnuaoZ8QtIXGl1t4xSCfRc-LzA-qxybfCKibRC90vd7oi2A_prHdtRxYziDKBCrjBEUILwQxeYrpA93VZPG16wmaS9CG8DL3r3czVlzOJsk6ynljQrXDkd9bjMmTsrmeQoEM/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you ready to "take ACTION" this CBS year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our study of Mark, Philippians, and James</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">will certainly equip us to do that very thing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">take ACTION for the Lord!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sharing with you one of my favorite posters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which has some great advice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the beginning of our new year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Stand tall and proud.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Go out on a limb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Remember your roots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Drink plenty of water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Be content with your natural beauty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Enjoy the view.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOVE that!!! And how cute coming from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A TREE!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know... the trees ARE alive...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they praise the Lord without even trying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Join with me this year and take ACTION!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't let the trees glorify His holy Name</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IN OUR PLACE!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so excited to start another CBS year!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's wishing a wonderful summer vacation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to ALL members of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Community Bible Study!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you need a break from the heat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or happen to bump into a rainy day,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here are some websites you might want to check out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Always be sure to check with your parents</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before visiting ANY website.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elementary Ages...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.therebelution.com/">The Rebelution</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.godtube.com/">God Tube</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jesusfreak.com/">Jesus Freak</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/">Ignite</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://groundwire.net/">Groundwire</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/messi.mondays">Messy Mondays</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(videos on facebook)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a great summer!</div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-71388039890305641292012-03-07T19:19:00.003-08:002012-03-07T19:22:25.749-08:00Lesson 25, Servants of God<div style="text-align: center;">2 Samuel 1-4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Other than Jesus, David was most likely the greatest king in the Bible... or at least many people would think so. Yet David wasn't perfect. He turned from God's direction and joined with the Philistines. He had many wives when God had clearly told His people NOT to marry more than one person. And we'll see more of his choices to sin in our future lessons. When we look at David's life before he became king, however, it's very obvious he had a really rough life. He was always in battle and he spent most of his time running from Saul and Saul's armies. God may have protected him through it all but God didn't take it all away.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">David was a good man. Bad things happen to good people. Bad things happen to bad people. There were times when David made some bad choices. But all in all, David was a good man. What were some of the things David chose to do even though bad things happened to him?</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">He willingly served others (<span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 17:15</span>... David went back & forth between playing harp for Saul and tending his father's sheep.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">He humbled himself (<span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 18:18</span>... David said "who am I" when Saul, the king, suggested that David marry one of the king's daughters... which would make David part of the royal family.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">He made covenants with the LORD (<span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 20:16-17</span>... Jonathon asked to have favor with David, even when the LORD had destroyed all of David's enemies.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">He honored God when it seemed strange to do so (<span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 24:4</span>... when David's men thought surely Saul came into the cave because God said He would deliver David's enemies to him.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">He prayed (<span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 30:6 and again in 30:8</span>... His own people wanted to stone him because they were so sad about their loved ones being carried off by the Amalekites. David prayed.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">In times of trouble... when bad things came David's way, he prayed. He prayed for the LORD's comfort and he prayed for the LORD's direction. What I love most about David's example of prayer is that he followed his prayer... with action. In times of trouble, David prayed and then he waited for the LORD to respond. Sometimes waiting can seem like doing nothing. But David waited with expectation and a readiness to do the LORD's will. <span style="color: red;"><i>2 Samuel 2:1 "David inquired of the LORD, 'Shall I go to the lands of Judah?' and the LORD said, 'Go.' David asked, 'Where do you want me to go?' And the LORD responded, 'He Hebron.'"</i></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">How will you respond when you experience times of trouble? What will you do when the storms of life comes your way? You might experience storms like the ones we recently experienced in our very own community or you may experience storms of a different kind like (loosing a baby sister) or (your mom being so sick she almost died) or (your dad actually drowning just to come back to life.) How will you respond when bad things happen to you or to people in your community? Will you pray like David did? Then... will you listen to how the LORD directs you and then take action on your prayers?</div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-35859804203612483632012-02-16T09:23:00.001-08:002012-02-16T09:25:31.408-08:00Lesson 22, Servants of God<div style="text-align: center;">1 Samuel 19-21</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What makes a friend is the connections we make, the events and experiences we share, the discussions we share. Eventually, if we fail to share with each other or if we do things that “break” the relationship and the friendship begins to fall apart.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Most people will agree… we have “friends” and we have “great friends.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What does it take to be a “friend” to someone?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What does it take to be a “great friend” to someone?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">David and Jonathon had a “great friendship.” They weren’t “just friends.” In 1 Samuel 19:2, Jonathon WARNS David of King Saul’s plans to have David killed. This means Jonathon actually went against his father’s wishes in order to warn or protect David. Also in chapter 19, Jonathon speaks to his father on David’s behalf… in David’s defense. So Jonathon “stood up for David” against the king –his father, when no one else would.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Chapter 20 of 1 Samuel begins with David seeking safety in Jonathon’s presence. Jonathon is so grieved to know that his father, King Saul, has decided once again to have David killed. Jonathon tells David in verse 4, </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do it for you.” </span></i><span style="color: #222222;">Only a great friend could say that to another great friend. People who are “just friends” would usually not have the ability to trust or the trustworthiness to give the other person. Let’s face it, David could have followed Jonathon’s vow to do “whatever” with, “Kill your father for me.” Great friendship trusts because great friendship is trustworthy. Jonathon knew David was trustworthy and therefore would never ask him to do the wrong thing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #222222;">We go on to read in verse 8 of chapter 20 how David considers himself to be Jonathon’s “servant.” David doesn’t call himself Jonathon’s “friend.” He says,</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> “As for you, show kindness to your servant…”</i></span><span style="color: #222222;"> At this point in their relationship, it’s very clear they are both aware of their “great friendship.” They both know they have been blessed with something extremely rare. Yet David refers to himself as Jonathon’s “servant.” The dictionary defines servant as “someone who performs work or tasks for another person.” Great friendship SERVES others. It does things for the other person that most people would refuse to do. David served Jonathon in their friendship because Jonathon had already proven his willingness to serve David with his protection from the king.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There are many other instances within our lesson where David and Jonathon give us perfect examples of great friendship. But none speak more clearly of the LOVE required by great friendship than verses 41b-42 when David and Jonathon know they will no longer see one another in a safe and “friendly” environment. Both shed tears for one another because of the great jeopardy their great friendship puts them in. They cry because they know David must leave. Great friendship LOVES so deeply that it can be brought to tears.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Jesus is a great Friend. In</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Matthew 26:38 Jesus says, <i>“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow, even to the point of death.”</i> </span>And we know in<span style="color: #cc0000;"> John 15:13<i> “greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” </i></span><span style="color: #222222;"> At the time when Jesus DID lay down his life, Luke tells us that Jesus was “so anguished” about leaving us that He </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>“prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground</i> (Luke 22:44.)”</span><span style="color: #222222;"> Jesus is a great Friend</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But does Jesus know great friendship? Are you a great friend to Jesus? For Jesus? Because of Jesus? Will you look at your friends a bit differently now that you have seen David and Jonathon’s example of great friendship? More importantly, will you look differently at your friendship with Jesus because you know how very rare and unique His friendship is for you?</div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637265159813345613.post-62746799459334732462012-01-26T10:48:00.000-08:002012-01-26T11:13:18.120-08:00Lesson 19, Servants of God<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">1 Samuel 12-14</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our Wrap Up from Mrs. Gettelfinger...<br />
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Before our Wrap Up today, everyone received a Scripture verse about one of God's commands for us. The students were asked to read their particular Scripture verse and then try to summarize the verse with one (or as few words as possible.) Then we built a Jenga tower. Each student had a block for the tower. As they placed their block onto the tower, they gave the summary of their Scripture verse which gave God's instructions for our righteous living. After the tower was built, the students gave Mrs. Gettelfinger examples of things we all do IN PLACE OF God's commands. With each example, a Jenga block was removed from the tower. As you can imagine, we had plenty of examples of how we remove God's commands from our lives and thus our tower (lives) tumble.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">This week’s lesson begins with Samuel not only reaffirming his incredibly godly leadership but also testifying to the LORD’s consistent provision and protection. It seems to me, Samuel’s feeling are hurt and he shares his broken heart with the people of Israel in the first few verses of chapter 12. In verse 3, he basically says<i>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">“Have I done anything so terrible that you would think God is not my LORD?”</span></i> He goes on in verse 5 to say, “God knows how much I love Him AND how much I’ve loved you.” In that same verse, the people even agree that Samuel is right. They know God knows and they admit Samuel has been a great leader. Then Samuel reminds them of all the good God has done for them. He also reminds them in verse 11 of how even when the people turned away from God, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>“He delivered you from the hands of your enemy all around you, and you lived in safety.”</i> </span> This wasn’t good enough for the people. GOD wasn’t good enough for the people of Israel. Samuel states in verses 12 and 13 <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“Even though the LORD was your King, because you have asked, the LORD has set a king over you.”</span></i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sometimes God doesn’t give us what we pray for. Perhaps it’s not the best thing for us. Maybe it’s a good thing for us but not in His perfect timing. And then sometimes He gives us exactly what we asked for –KNOWING it will harm us. Why would God do such a thing? <span style="color: #cc0000;"> Isaiah 48:17 </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.’” The best part about this verse is “Redeemer” and the second best part about this verse is “who TEACHES us.”</span> </i>Even when we pray for something that isn’t best for us, God TEACHES us.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The elders of Israel asked for a king back in chapter 8 when Samuel’s sons were appointed leaders over Israel. That’s when God took the time to TEACH the people. He said to Samuel in verse 9 <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”</span> </i>God teaches us through examples of others and warnings of what’s to come. <span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>Exodus 19:21<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <i>“and the LORD said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the LORD and many of them perish.’”</i> 2 Chronicles 19:10 <i>“In every case that comes before you from your people who live in the cities—whether bloodshed or other concerns of the law, commands, decrees or regulations—you are to warn them not to sin against the LORD; otherwise his wrath will come on you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.’”</i></span> And Psalm 81:8<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!”</span> </i> God TEACHES us through His warnings.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Asking for a king was the wrong thing for the people of Israel to do. God, being the All Knowing and Sovereign LORD that He is, knew the people would ask for a king without recognizing His very Kingship. God told His people in Genesis 49:10 of a king to come. The timing and the WAY they asked for a king was also where the people failed God. The timing was not God’s perfect timing. And they really didn’t ask for a king… they demanded one. We can not tell God what to do. Hosea 14:9<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.”</span> </i> The Message Bible states this verse like this, <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“If you want to live well, make sure you understand all of this. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll learn this inside and out! God’s ways get you where you want to go. People who make good choices, walk easily. People who make bad choices, always trip and stumble.”</span><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal">We chose to build our Jenga tower with a foundation of God’s directions for our lives. We demolished our tower by making choices many people make in life that are not good for us. Bad choices remove God’s blessings from our lives just like we removed the scripture pieces from our Jenga tower. Life is full of choices. Sometimes right choices mean waiting (just as Saul should have waited on Samuel to make the burnt offering before going into battle) on God’s perfect timing. Sometimes wrong choices come with God’s warnings (just like God clearly warned the people of Israel how having an earthly king would impact their lives in a negative way.) Here is what I’m going to ask you to do,<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> will you… pray… then wait… watch for God’s warnings… and then follow His direction? Even if that direction is just “BE STILL...” and wait.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>kellyjeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295855337579853148noreply@blogger.com0