Hello folks,
VBS is all most over! Sunday is the Unity Service and before you know it the kids will be back in school.I am continuing on with the sith installment of an eight part series discussing what it takes to give hope to kids in CC.
Your StoryMany of us involved in VBS this week probably saw many kids you knew from previous years and some new faces too. As we get to know kids it is good to share your story with them. Kids are interested in what it was like when you were a kid. They like to hear what you did for fun, what fears and worries bothered you growing up. When they hear your story you become approachable and relatable.
One of the most powerful things you can share with kids is your faith story. How you became a Christian and how God helps you everyday can have a powerful impact, especialy for kids in troubled homes. Your story can help kids build hope that they can make it if you made and are still making it with God's help.
Check out the power of these peoples faith stories in the New Testament:
Luke 8
So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the other side of the lake. 38 The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him home, saying, 39 “No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.
John 4
The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.... 39 Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!” 40 When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days, 41 long enough for many more to hear his message and believe. 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”
John 9
6 Then he (Jesus) spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. 7 He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!...
30 “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from? 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. 32 Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
2 Timothy 1
3 Timothy, .. 5 I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you. 6 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord.
Just like these folks your story could have a huge impact one someone like a little kid, your neighbor,co-worker or family member. So, take time to share your story and I am sure God will use it to build hope in a child in College Corner!
