Youth Service on 1/20/06

God really moved in our service on Friday night. We planned service like we were in a country where there wasn't religious freedom. We all sat on the floor in a circle and prayed and worshipped quietly, so we wouldn't get "caught". Little did the youth know that Jacob was hiding in my pastor's office and was going to come in and catch us all. So we had the youth quote some scripture that we had them memorize, and that is when "the police" attacked. The youth were so surprised, they took off running like crazy, and Sister Irene (our youth leader) was "arrested".

I then started to teach on, if all this was true, do we love God enough, to still be a Christian. I talked about the different people in the Bible that served God, even though they were persecuted. Then at the end of the teaching I put up a powerpoint. Each slide had one of their names, and a question for them. It asked them, "Do you love me more than these?" which is from the Bible. Then under the question, there was a picture of Jesus looking down, and a bunch of pictures of things in a teenagers life. Things such as a CD player, and a x-box. The point was that it was ok to like this stuff, but not to put more value in that, then their walk with Jesus Christ.

The service went really well. My sister said that it was one of the best services we have ever had. Well I hope that you have a very blessed day!

God Bless,
Nicole