Tonight we began our study on the teachings of Jesus. To begin, we watched a short film from the Nooma series. It is called Kickball. (If you do a youtube search for “Nooma Kickball”, you should be able to find it. If you can’t find it, you can borrow it from me).
Then we read these two texts
Matt 7:9-11 “Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him
Matt “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
here is a copy of my notes from the lesson
The Kingdom of God = life when God is in charge
1. It’s surprising
- The man in this story found an unexpected treasure
- I told a story how I once found 10 dollars in the pocket of an old coat.
- He was not expecting to find it
- The promise of God’s love for us is so amazing that it is surprising… it’s even better than finding 10 bucks!
2. It’s exciting
- The story of Jesus is exciting
- The man left with great joy
- When we come to Wednesday night or we come to Peer, how do we come?
- Are we joyful? Are we excited?
3. It changes our lives
- When we start living with God, our lives start to change.
- The man sold all he had to buy the field
- There was something better for him… that something is the kingdom of God
- God has something better for us as well
- If we know how to give good gifts… how much more does God give to us.
Application
- So many things in this world that bid for your attention
- Studies show that teens are connected to some type of media for 6 hours a day.
- All of the messages found there are not the best…
- The time we spend on these things…
- What about the good things in our lives. How much devotion we have to give to certain things… sports, homework, band, choir, etc… hour
- So we are being tugged in all these different direction
- When we find God’s treasure we realize it is the greatest thing of all
- Scripture is the greatest treasure of all… it is how we come to know God
Follow up questions for Parents:
1. What really are the most important things in our lives? This is where you can sit down with your kids and map out the amount of time you spend on various activities. Where is most of our time spent?
2. Was there ever something that you wanted more than anything. That made you think, “If I had that, then I would be happy.” Did you get it? Did it actually solve all your problems?
3. Talk about the promises of God. God has something better for each and everyone of us.
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