Main Thoughts

This past Sunday we continued our “Your Journey” series and focused on “Your Church Family.”  I wanted our students to understand that even though they were very different from each other and come from different backgrounds (family, neighborhood, school, hobbies, etc), they could and should be able to unite as one group in Jesus.  Too often we allow our differences separate us.

In the book of Ephesians (2:11-19) Paul took some time to address some of the Jew vs. Gentile (anyone who wasn’t a Jew) differences.  Generally these two groups didn’t like each other at all.  In the end their faith in Jesus conquered those differences and united them in God’s family.

Verse 19 – “So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners.  You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people.  You are members of God’s family.”

From there we looked at 2 Thoughts:

1. All believers are united in Jesus – a part of God’s family
2. We need to treat each other like a loving family

I closed our time by sharing 2 Prayers I have:

1. For our group – that all are accepted and welcomed into our group no matter what race, background, school, hobby, etc…
2. For you – that you would go out of your way to treat people with kindness and believe that everyone matters, not just people who are just like you.

Parent Questions – Do you believe that everyone matters?  If so, how do you seek to live that out in your life?

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