Coming off of last week’s discussion on how to remain in Christ, I’m excited about where we’re headed this week. (By the way, if you missed the “Remain” message, you can find it here: http://www.fairhopeumc.org/304124.ihtml)
This is a great week for me as the 3rd graders will get a Bible from the church. I remember as a child sitting in Dyer Hill Baptist Church in Burna, Kentucky with my grandmother. I remember the old men cleaning the dirt of the field off and putting on their good shirt to come to church. The church was small, but the message of the Bible was huge. Through a simple act of obedience to share God’s Word, a work of God’s Grace began in me when I was a small child.
The Bible says that God’s message, when it is shared among children, is not lost on them when they are old. What a powerful thing. It is sobering to know that what our kids hear remains with them.
The apostle Paul relays this when he writes to Timothy. Paul mentored the young Timothy early in his ministry. He said, “continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” It is a reminder that there is something God has begun in us. It reminds us that there are others watching us. Are we diligent in that work—for the sake of the Kingdom of God and His children?
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
May We Continue
Coming off of last week’s discussion on how to remain in Christ, I’m excited about where we’re headed this week. (By the way, if you missed the “Remain” message, you can find it here: http://www.fairhopeumc.org/304124.ihtml)
This is a great week for me as the 3rd graders will get a Bible from the church. I remember as a child sitting in Dyer Hill Baptist Church in Burna, Kentucky with my grandmother. I remember the old men cleaning the dirt of the field off and putting on their good shirt to come to church. The church was small, but the message of the Bible was huge. Through a simple act of obedience to share God’s Word, a work of God’s Grace began in me when I was a small child.
The Bible says that God’s message, when it is shared among children, is not lost on them when they are old. What a powerful thing. It is sobering to know that what our kids hear remains with them.
The apostle Paul relays this when he writes to Timothy. Paul mentored the young Timothy early in his ministry. He said, “continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” It is a reminder that there is something God has begun in us. It reminds us that there are others watching us. Are we diligent in that work—for the sake of the Kingdom of God and His children?
This is a great week for me as the 3rd graders will get a Bible from the church. I remember as a child sitting in Dyer Hill Baptist Church in Burna, Kentucky with my grandmother. I remember the old men cleaning the dirt of the field off and putting on their good shirt to come to church. The church was small, but the message of the Bible was huge. Through a simple act of obedience to share God’s Word, a work of God’s Grace began in me when I was a small child.
The Bible says that God’s message, when it is shared among children, is not lost on them when they are old. What a powerful thing. It is sobering to know that what our kids hear remains with them.
The apostle Paul relays this when he writes to Timothy. Paul mentored the young Timothy early in his ministry. He said, “continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” It is a reminder that there is something God has begun in us. It reminds us that there are others watching us. Are we diligent in that work—for the sake of the Kingdom of God and His children?
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