Let's Hike

I liked this devotional today from Planet Wisdom!

 

We missed many of you who couldn't make it to Youth Group last night!  Hey!  Even if you didn't come, you still have homework.  Frank asked you to talk to 3-5 of your friends and get their answers to: "What do you think happens when you die?  Is there an afterlife?  Is there a heaven or a hell?"  And, you have our permission to tell your friends your crazy youth leader MADE you do this homework assignment! =D  Write down your friends' answers on a piece of paper and bring it with you to church on Sunday.  We will talk about the answers you wrote down.

 

About the following devotional...it goes along with some things Frank said as he began Youth Group last night.  Following Jesus causes us to leave behind both good and bad things.

 

If Jesus walked up to you, right now, and said, "Hey you, follow me..."  Would you be like the disciples and drop what you are doing to follow Jesus?  Why or why not?  What is holding you back from following Jesus in every area of your life?

 

Keep praying for my family and my mom & dad.  We will be bringing my mom home to our house either Saturday or Sunday to do home hospice care.  We are told we have weeks to maybe a few months, at best, with her before she passes on to Glory with Jesus.  After all our talk about heaven last night at Youth Group...it'd be kinda cool if my mom (when she got to heaven) could just send off a little email saying, "yes, it is like a week at Pismo....and far better than you can possibly imagine!" =D

 

I love you all & pray for you daily,

Mary

PlanetWisdom.com Devotionals

Let's Hike Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:14 PM CST "As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. . . . 'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will make you fishers of men.' At once they left their nets and followed him." (Matthew 4:18-20) For the next week or two, we're going to be talking about what it really means to follow Jesus. We start with this key moment where Jesus called two of the men He would end up using to change the world forever through their leadership in spreading the news about Him. Notice two things: One, Peter and Andrew were in the middle of something else when Jesus called them. They weren't out looking for some spiritual experience; it was just another day at work in the family business. He dialed their number. Two, they had to stop what they were doing to follow Him. It's not that being a fisherman is bad; it's just that they wouldn't have time for that and following Jesus, too. Nobody can do everything else life offers or demands and follow the Savior. Walking after Him means leaving some good things behind. Think: What is the difference between just "being a Christian" and really following Jesus with your whole life? Which best describes you? Pray: Ask God to help you to understand what it means to really follow Jesus with your whole life. Do: Make a quick list of things you've had to give up to do something else. For example, maybe you had to drop one class or sport or activity in order to do another. Visit PlanetWisdom.com for more great resources!