During this week I gave the parable of purifying gold. Did you know that it takes over 6,000 pounds of ore to get 1oz of 99.99% gold? Do you think that the 6,000 pounds of ore is purified only once, or does it take many processes, a lot of heat and many other tests before it is certified pure? YES!!! Just like us in our spiritual life. God creates a pure heart through, fire and testing. It hurts, but each time we repent and begin to change God removes the junk, and we become even more pure. It is the process of sanctification, all we can do is humble ourselves, and let God turn up the heat, and stay close to Him. The following are some scriptures and questions I asked the teens.

Love you all.

_pastor tim

Purity

1 Timothy 4:12

Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Matthew 15:19 (read the context Matthew 15:10-20)

What are some things that come out of you that show your defiled heart?

Are you saddened by what you see?

Proverbs 17:3

What temptations have you given into, that you know you should not be doing?

As we repent we become more “pure”, do you want to me more pure? Just give it to God.

Daniel 3:18 (read the context Daniel 3:8-30)

This story represents what happens when we let God work on our hearts. It becomes external, and people can see the power of God work from a pure heart.

What do you think would have happened to the 3 young men if their hearts were not “pure”?

Did they just become “pure” or did they have to work hard at it?

Do you want to see God work through you?

How do you get to the place where God can work through you?

Psalm 86:11

Is this your desire?

During worship, pray this and read it!!!!

The following questions and scriptures were just a couple posed to the teens in their outline. The heart of the teaching was to challenge the teens to begin to understand faith and how it looks in their own lives.

love you all,

_pastor tim

Week six:

Faith

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Hebrews 11:1

What do you hope for?

What are you assured by in your faith?

Hebrews 11:6

What do you think about this verse?

Hebrews 11:7

Noah was on his own with his Faith, no one believed him. Do you think you could stand alone in your Faith, to the point of mockery and being labeled as “crazy”?

Has this ever happened to you, where you were like Noah and had Faith about God and you were ridiculed because of it?

Ouch, I just realized that my blogs were not outlined properly. I swiched to a different internet browser and when I posted my blogs they were not submiting properly. I figured out the problem and from now on they will actualy be look and read right. Sorry about that, love you all. 

_pastor tim