Judgement House
The group went to Judgement House at Grace Brethren Church in Norton on Thursday night. We had an awesome group of 23 teens. The drama, called "Letter of Love", was excellent. I am always impressed by the huge effort that this church puts out to do the drama. I am thinking that they must start working on it full time in March! I thought the most powerful episode was the one where Jesus was being beaten, then whipped and condemned to die ... in my place! It was like "The Passion" right before your eyes.
We can praise the Lord that one of teens that came made the decision to accept Christ's gift of salvation and make Christ the Lord of His life. Bobby, a seventh grader who had just come to the group for the first time at the CoffeeHouse last Friday, is now a Christian, a child of God. The angels were rejoicing in Heaven when that happened (Luke 15:7)! Isn't that awesome to think that the course of Bobby's earthly and eternity changed in one night? Only God knows, but I can't help but think that the fun, clean, and safe atmosphere at the CoffeeHouse the week before planted a positive seed in Bobby's mind. Even though we didn't share the Gospel that night, there was something different about this place. That's what it's all about, group -- at the heart of everything we do is the desire to see teens saved from eternal darkness and brought into the wonderful light of Christ.
I have experienced many exciting times in my life. Probably the most excting times have been getting engaged and married to Kristen, and seeing our three beautiful children being born. But there is nothing, not even OSU pounding Michigan :), absolutely nothing more exciting than seeing someone get saved. It's like seeing someone being born, not physically but spiritually. I hope that we as a group, adults and teens alike, develop an "addiction" to seeing people saved in our midst. That we could never get enough of seeing God work in our lives and using us to expand His kingdom. Even though we are all different in many ways, we can share that common desire.
Have a great day everyone! Leave a comment telling what you thought about Judgment House.
Clint
We can praise the Lord that one of teens that came made the decision to accept Christ's gift of salvation and make Christ the Lord of His life. Bobby, a seventh grader who had just come to the group for the first time at the CoffeeHouse last Friday, is now a Christian, a child of God. The angels were rejoicing in Heaven when that happened (Luke 15:7)! Isn't that awesome to think that the course of Bobby's earthly and eternity changed in one night? Only God knows, but I can't help but think that the fun, clean, and safe atmosphere at the CoffeeHouse the week before planted a positive seed in Bobby's mind. Even though we didn't share the Gospel that night, there was something different about this place. That's what it's all about, group -- at the heart of everything we do is the desire to see teens saved from eternal darkness and brought into the wonderful light of Christ.
I have experienced many exciting times in my life. Probably the most excting times have been getting engaged and married to Kristen, and seeing our three beautiful children being born. But there is nothing, not even OSU pounding Michigan :), absolutely nothing more exciting than seeing someone get saved. It's like seeing someone being born, not physically but spiritually. I hope that we as a group, adults and teens alike, develop an "addiction" to seeing people saved in our midst. That we could never get enough of seeing God work in our lives and using us to expand His kingdom. Even though we are all different in many ways, we can share that common desire.
Have a great day everyone! Leave a comment telling what you thought about Judgment House.
Clint
posted by Youth Group at
5:54 AM
1 Comments:
That's so awesome that Bobby got saved. He seems like a really nice kid :) I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot at the judgement house. you're right, the scene of jesus's beating made me cry
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lizamundo, at 2:54 PM
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