Middle School Bible Study

I am staring a Bible Study! I am very excited! The "curriculum" is "written" by me. We will be listening to two or three Christian songs every week and will discuss them and look up Bible verses for them. We will even be switching leaders almost every week because the lesson is so easy!

I Trust In Jesus!!!

This is my favorite Third Day song...

Children of God

1 Peter 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!...


Hello My Name Is   by Matthew West

Children of God   by Third Day

True Beauty

I could write my own opinion, but I decided a story, a song, and a few Bible verses would be the perfect combination.

I wrote this story for a Language project last month:

Do I Look OK?

   “Oh, what am I going to do?” Cynthia cried from the upstairs bedroom.

    “Do about what?” her mother asked as she climbed up the stairs.

    “My hair! It’s a mess!” Cynthia wailed, as if her mother should just know.

    “Don’t worry about it. You look beautiful just the way you are,” Mrs. Brooks said reassuringly.

    “Oh, if you say so, Mom. I give up!”

        “You shouldn’t worry about how you look. You better hurry or  you’ll be late for school. Don’t forget, no sleepovers this weekend. We can’t miss church. There is supposed to be a very good sermon this week.

           “OK, if you say so,” Cynthia replied as she ran down the stairs and out the door so she wouldn’t miss the bus.

    “Good morning, students!” Mrs. Anderson said cheerfully as the students sat down at their desks. “We have a new student here today. This is Penny,” she said as she pointed to a girl  wearing a cheerful yellow dress and pigtails, “she is from Nebraska. Say ‘hi’ everyone.”

   “Hello Penny!” The class said together.

   How can she be so confident with just  wearing pigtails?  Cynthia thought to herself.

   During recess, Cynthia and Penny played together on the wooden play set. “How are you so happy with just wearing pigtails?” Cynthia asked.

   “Well,” Penny began, “I know that Jesus loves me no matter what I look like.”

   Hump! Cynthia thought I don’t think I would ever be happy just wearing pigtails. And I know that Jesus loves me no matter what, but I still want to look my best all the time and I still want people to notice me. Then the bell rang and interrupted her thoughts.

   “Are you ready for church?” Mrs. Anderson called from the kitchen.

   “Almost, does my hair and outfit look okay?” Cynthia asked as she ran into the kitchen.

   “It looks just fine, honey. Now you better go get in the car or we will be late for church.” Mr. Anderson advised.

   When they got to Cornerstone Covenant Church they could already hear Cornerstone being sung by the praise team and the congregation, “…Christ alone

  Christ alone; Cornerstone. Weak made strong; in the Savior's love. Through the storm, He is Lord. Lord of all.”

 

  “This week we are starting a series on true beauty,” Pastor Scott began, “If you will, please turn with me to 1 Peter 3: 3-4. These verses say, ‘Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.  Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.’ This week we will start talking about where we find our beauty.”

   I wonder if this is what God wanted me to hear today? Cynthia wondered, Well, I better pay attention so I don’t miss what He wants me to hear.

   “…Our true beauty is not determined by our outsides but by our insides. Not the color of out guts…” Pastor Scott says and then pauses because of laughter, “But by our love and compassion for people and what we believe about Christ. Our Creator made us in His image. We are beautiful just the way we are. We shouldn’t try to change the way we are; for God made us to be this way on purpose.”

   Cynthia tuned out the sermon to think about all of this new information. Maybe I am beautiful the way I am. I should accept the way my hair is every day. Because God made me this way for a reason.

   “…Now, let us finish with something the wisest man that ever lived wrote, Proverbs 6:25 says: Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.’ Let us pray: Our Creator, thank You for creating us just as we are, for we know that you made us this way for a reason. Please forgive us for wanting to look different because we know we shouldn’t change who we are. In Your Name we pray. Amen.”

  

   When the Brooks family got home, Cynthia told her parents everything she had thought about during the sermon, “We are very proud of you!” Mr. Anderson exclaimed.

   “I realized I shouldn’t worry about what I look like because someone already notices me,” Cynthia stated.

   “Who?” Her parents asked.

   “Jesus, of course,” Cynthia laughed.

These are a few Bible verses that I found and really liked:

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight         -1 Peter 3:3-4


Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,    -Proverbs 6:25




This is an awesome song by Britt Nicole:\

I have come to learn that my beauty only comes from Christ. And that He made me beautiful just the way I am and I shouldn't try to change that.

The Lord Our God

I would just put the lyrics, but this song is too powerful just to put the lyrics. Here is the video:

Middle School Bible Study

    At camp this week Chris was talking about a high school Bible Study that he started when he was in high school. A few years later the Bible study went from 2 people to 260 people.
      I started thinking that our church should have a middle school Bible Study of Small Group. Then that voice in my head said, "Why can't you do it? You have the leadership skills."
      Then I said, "But will I have the time or the patience or will people want to do it?"
      "Just trust with all your heart and be obedient," Is the last that the voice said.
    I decided to do it. It will take a lot of patience and time. But if I trust in God, he will give that patience and time.


With GRATITUDE I will live sold out for Christ.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
                                                                         -Proverbs 3:5-6

How can you get a whole sermon series out of ten G words?!?

   This week's speaker, Chris Pappenfus, used G's for every one of his sermons. This is the summary:

    God created humanity GOOD, but because of sin I am GUILTY of disobedience. This caused a separation which leads to GRIEF. But by the blood of GOATS, and ultimately by the blood of Jesus Christ, God has shown me GRACE. This is the GOSPEL, which is GOOD NEWS for the world and good news for me. So with a heart of GRATITUDE, being held firmly in God's GRIP, I will GO and live for Jesus Christ.

I thought this was super cool! This is one awesome way to tell the gospel!