Young Life was last night. This is an absouletely amazing group of High School guys and gals. The group discussed, "What can you NOT live without." Cel Phone (Unanimous), Girl Friend, Facebook, Make-up and cool clothes, Internet, People to talk to..." and the list went on.
What about the Bible? Can we live without that?! We often do, but Jesus (who we follow and want to be like) declares... "People do not live on bread alone, but they live on God's words." (Matthew 4). Maybe we just don't believe him? Or maybe we've just discovered that we don't actually die if we neglect to read scripture, so maybe we just seem to know something Jesus didn't. (I guess that's what the devil told Eve too... "you won't die".)
So there a few committed high school students who want to discover what Jesus means by his "man cannot live on bread alone".
In a couple of weeks, a few Young Lifers are going to jump in to a simple 2-week commitment to read their Bibles every day. The group will read through matthew by reading 2 chapters every day, and we'll check in at the next basement gathering.
If you're interested in reading the Bible, check out http://www.youversion.com/. Pick a plan. And participate with some other people who are reading as well. May we live lives convinced that Jesus speaks the truth because he loves us and wants us to truly have life. (Matthew 4, John 10:10).
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