God's big story, the Bible, begins!

'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".

And what a good creation it was! But so quickly humanity turned its back on this, and tried to live without God, the creator and loving sustainer of all.

How foolish this is!
God's curse came upon his people, sin entered the world, and death rose its hideous head.
And yet in the midst of such horror, God's mercy shines through, as he saves the righteous Noah, and paves the way to the most glorious and eternal saviour, Jesus. and because of Jesus' death and resurrection, God's promise of a restored, sinless, perfect, new creation is a reality.
Let us yearn for this, brothers and sisters, with praise and thanksgiving for Jesus Christ!!!

This term we're getting familiar with the OT. This week we asked some questions:

 Why is it important? Why aren't we as familiar with it? & What can help us read it?

Over the next 3 days we'll remind ourselves of the answers!

Why is important to read the Old Testament?

In the first year of being a Christian I was under the impression that it was only important to read the New Testament.  In my mind, now that Jesus was my Lord and Saviour, only the parts of the bible that had the "Jesus bits" were important.

Thankfully God taught me otherwise through a camp leader who showed me that, not only is the Old testament filled with stuff about Jesus but the WHOLE Old Testament is pointing to Jesus.

Jesus says this himself in Luke 24:44

"He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."

When we look at the bible we see that it is divided into the Old and the New Testament.  Often it is tempting to think that the Old Testament was "Plan A" and when that didn't work out, God sent Jesus into the world as "Plan B".  But looking through both the Old and the New testament it is clear that Jesus is and always will be plan A for Gods big plan - to rescue His people back into a perfect relationship with Him.

If we want to understand Jesus better we need to be reading the Old testament.

~ JULIA

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So much is happening it means we haven't had time to keep things up to date.

There is still lots happening. More than ever! But we are ready and able to keep things up to date. If you need any information or have questions about stuff email youth@lcmchurches.org.au.

 

This term at a glance:

 17 Feb - Dinner bring $7.50

24 Feb - Salvation

2 Mar -Set Apart for...

9 Mar - NO YOUTH due to combined weekend away. See you there.

16 Mar - Ever wondered what TRUE GENEROSITY looks like?

23 Mar - Under FIRE: be ready to get MESSY....

30 Mar - End of Term 1 is here already??????

6 April - GOOD FRIDAY. Join us in the morning for our Easter Service on Good Friday.

 

GET READY FOR KYCK - April 20-22nd.

What are the things you're super proud of that you let the whole world know? Is Jesus one of them? This Friday we're going to hear the reasons why we can stand in confidence 'NOT ASHAMED' of the Truth.

Friends, can you believe it's already the end of Term 2?!?

I can't - how quickly the year is flying by.
This term we've enjoyed singing through the Psalms, we've ninja'd our way through the bible and listened to God's words to the Israelites through Haggai.

I'm really looking forward to next term.
Are you?

2011.
School's started back, and so have we!
This week we're taking some time to think about the year ahead and the way we want to live.
Next week we're going to cruise to the beach. Look out for more info tonight, and in the 'what's on' section later.

See You tonight! 7.30pm @ St Andrews, Lane Cove.

Christmas is coming...

Christmas is the time for celebration. Christmas is the time for tinsel, spending money, and well...................presents. They're all the rage. What's on your list?

What do you want for Christmas?

Tell you what I want for Christmas?

For people to see Jesus. For people to live for Jesus.

Now, I want to acknowledge up front that the 25th of December is not the actual date Jesus was born. We don't really know when it was. But we do know that there was a day in history a couple of thousand years ago that Jesus, who is God, was born. That Jesus, who is God, lived on earth. And so we celebrate once a year the birth of Jesus.

Why do we do it?

Well 'cause Jesus is a big deal. Jesus was born to die. Jesus, who is God, became human, so that he could die and pave the way for forgiveness and life eternal.

I find it astonishing that Jesus would die in my place, in your place.

My Christmas prayer is that this Christmas you will see through the tinsel and desire to spend ridiculous amounts of money on things that you don't really need and that you will see and love Jesus.

Have you ever given much thought to what your purpose in life is?

Over these few weeks we’re looking at the lives of four different people and what they were born to do.

 
Last week we saw that John the Baptist was born to be wild… Not in the hairy, smelly, insect eating, camel haired, desert living feral way,

But standing as a rebel in his society – challenging the status quo.

He Recognised that he wasn’t a big deal – and John knew that ‘He must become greater; I must become less.’

Jesus is the one John pointed to.

Because Jesus is a big deal.

Jesus is the saviour.

Jesus is your saviour.

Have you recognised this?

the questions:

Why does Julia loves sloths so so very much?

Who is coming to UNWIND?

Why is being like the sloth STILL DEADLY?

Who is coming to UNRAVEL?

What do Sloths and Jesus have in common?

Come along to IMPACT to answer all these questions and more…

In the mean time….