September 30th---Taking Control

Once again, nuff said!

Since we know our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ struggle with lust, we should do everything we can to help them. We can help them by dressing modestly, and being respectful to them.

Wait (Russell Kelfer)

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;

Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.

I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate...

And the Master so gently said, "Wait."

"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant re;ly.

"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!

Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?

By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.

"My future and all to which I relate

Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?

I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,

Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.

"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,

We need but to ask, and we shall receive.

And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:

I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,

As my Master replied again, "Wait."

So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,

And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"

He seemed then to knee, and His eyes met with mine...

and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.

I could shake the heavens and darken the s un.

I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.

"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.

You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.

You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.

You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.

"You'd not learn to see through clouds and despair;

You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.

You'd not know the joy of resting in Me

When darkness and silence are all you can see.

"You'd never experience the fullness of love

When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.

You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,

But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.

"The glow of my comfort late into the night,

The faith that I give when you walk without sight.

The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask

From an infinite God who makes what you have last.

"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,

What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.

Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,

But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.

"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see

That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.

And though oft My answers seem terribly late,

My most precious answer of all is still... Wait."

September 29th---X-Rated Scenes on the Brain

Nuff said!!

Discussion Questions:

How are you fanning the flame of your friendship with God?

What do you want to be for Halloween?

September 28th---Going One-on-One with Sexual Curiosity

You're B-E-A-UTIFUL and God made you that way in His image. Keep yourself for that ONE special person God has for you. When you save yourself for that one person, you respect God, the future spouse, and yourself!

September 27th---Can the Garbage

LOL!! I can't believe this is a story about a fly named Boris!

Ask God for protection and the ability to know what is right and wrong.

Discussion Questions:

What kind of garbage do you think you are filling up on?

Watch what things you surround yourself with, are they glorifying to God?

How will you gaurd yourself from the sinful culture around you?

September 23rd---So Are We Under Grace or Not?

It's so comforting to read Hebrews 13:8. "God is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Not many things in this are things that we can rely on completly. All of the worldly stuff we devote our lives to are temporary things. But, God is eternal and He is the one thing we know we can count on! What joy I find in this!!

Even though we as christians are no longer under death penalty, it doesn't mean we can disregard the law. The law is a guideline of how we should live our lives for God. And if we are not living for God, we are under the death penalty.

Praise God, for his consistency, and for His unfailing love!!

Discussion Questions:

How have you seen God be faithful in your life?

What your favorite season?

What can you do to worship God for His love?

September 22nd---Which Testament Is Number One?

The book does an awesome job of explaining the ten commandments!


Discussion Questions:

What good do old testament commandments do you?

What Disney character do you dream of being?