Cell - January 9 - Miracles
Monday, January 12, 2009
We're back to a somewhat normal schedule this week after the holidays.
This week we started a new teaching series with the 10-12 group, called "A Course in Miracles." "Miracles" was created by Mark Batterson, who wrote the "Chasing Lions" series we did last year with so much success.
The first section of this three-part series is called "Seeking 101." It focused largely on two narratives out of Scripture, the first being in Luke 5 where Simon and Andrew are still fisermen, and have come up with no fish. Jesus tells them to cast their nets again, and even though it was crazy, Simon does "because it is you who have said it." We all know what happens.
The second example was the day of Pentecost, when the disciples, huddled in the upper room, would have a day that changed their lives and the world. The key is that in neither of these cases were the disciples seeking miracles. They were simple seeking God. And when they sought after God, miracles happened.
So the kids were encouraged to seek after God, not miracles. And as they grow in God, so God will grow in them, and so will the miracles.
Next week: Believing 101.
Reminder: The next Children's Encounter is on February 21. I will be handing out flyers next week.
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