Weekend Wrap-up 07/29/2007

Sunday 07/29/2007

Attendance: Average (for the summer)
Lesson Topic: Safe at Home Plate?: 2 Samuel 12:1-7a
Fun Factor: Above Average
Volunteer Involvement: Average
Music: Below Average (1 song)
Lesson Quality: Above Average
Length of Lesson: 30 minutes
Student Response: Above Average

Tonights youth group was interesting. I think that everything went very well. We are continuing the Join the Story series. I think I am going to end it next week and start something new on Aug 19th. We talked about David and his sin with Bathsheba. We looked at the 10 Commandments and talked how most of us have broken them and how some people see certain sins worse than others. Sin has a way of creeping into your life and getting worse as we get used to it. And when we are "caught" in sin, we tend to try to lie or cover up our sin like David did. But in the end we always get "caught" either by our parents, friends, or bosses but always by God. He knows our sins and our hearts. In Psalm 51 David wrote to God to forgive him for what he had done.

Even though it isn't always easy, when we sin we must confess and accept repentance from God and then make restitution with those we may have sinned against. The example we used was to cover-up for a friend, being asked to lie to a parent or friend to help a friend stay out of trouble. As noble as it might seem, lying for someone else only diminishes our own testimony with that person. David was confronted by Nathan and even though it wasn't easy, Nathan delivered the message of God to David. David took his punishment (as severe as it was) and looked to God for repentance.

Everyone sins. We are all sinners but Jesus Christ paid the price for our sin and that allows us to go to God for repentance and to be forgiven. He knows our every thought and deed. What sin in your life haunts you? What is it that you do that keeps you away from God? God is waiting to forgive you, all you have to do is ask.