God calls us to be patient!

Abraham was 100 years old and his wife Sarah was 90 when she gave birth to Isaac, the son that God had promised them some twenty-four years earlier! Twenty-four years! Yeah, I know that God’s timetable and ours are totally different; a year for us is the blink of an eye for Him. Still. Twenty-four years? Can you imagine waiting that long for anything, especially a son? I’ve grown impatient after I’ve waiting for a traffic light to change from red to green after, what, maybe a minute?

We discussed how we are SO excited for the end of the school year and summer!  However, we have to be patient! Patience is defined as ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with a delay.  Does that mean just sitting by and waiting for summer to come without complaint?  I believe that when God calls us to be patient, we have to wait calmly, but we also need to continue to go about our lives doing our best and our best should be to glorify God.  How can you glorify god while you patiently wait for summer to come?

Here is what I would like you to do...
1. Read the story of Abraham and Sarah in the bible.  The story can be found in Genesis chapters 15, 17, 18, and 21.  However, if you click on Abraham and Sarah's name it will take you to the story. 

2. Watch the Veggie Tales video below.

3.  Comment below on how you are going to glorify God as you patiently wait for summer.  If you are having trouble commenting, please email me your response. 
laurawanke81@gmail.com

A hunting we will go...

The J-walkers met on Sunday, February 24th. To kick off the Easter season we went on an egg hunt...a resurrection egg hunt that is!  We found all 12 eggs, with the exception of the MIA egg #10.  (That's okay, Laura made a new one.)  After we had all the eggs, lined them up in order.  We opened each egg in order to find an item that reminded us of the story of the resurrection of Christ.  The last egg, having nothing inside to remind us that when the stone was rolled away, Jesus was gone...He had risen!

Click on the link below to make your own resurrection eggs.
http://family.yourway.net/diy-ressurection-eggs-easter-story-book-printables/

Upcoming Events:
March 8th 10:00pm to March 9th 6:00am Anti-Bullying Lock-in at Highland Community College
March 29th 7:00pm J-Walkers and KOTK Ice Hogs outing
June- 30 hour Famine (More details and dates to come)

Give thanks and praise to our Lord!

As Thanksgiving approches, we are reminded of all that we are thankful for. But, are we remembering thank God for all of this?  Luke 17 11-19 reminds us to thank God.

 After Jesus healed the ten men who had leprosy, only one came back to thank Him.  Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?" 

At times we can all be like the nine lepers and forget to thank God. This Thanksgiving and every day for that matter remember to give thanks and praise to God, for He is the one who has truly blessed and enriched our lives.


Before watching and discussing Luke 17 11-19 we wrote down all that we were thankful for on sticky notes.  After looking at our lists, we decided that we should stick our lists to the cross...after all that is who deserves our thanks and praise. 

God is so good to provide for our every need. In Psalm 118 we are given an even greater reason to thank Him: His love endures forever.

YES! We had our first meeting!



So happy that the first J Walkers meeting finally happened!  I am so excited for all the J Walker enthusiasm and all the fun ideas we have for our group.  Please encourage your friends to join us at our next meeting...all are welcome!

Our devotion today was Matthew 6:33
    But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

I know it can be hard to put God first in our lives, when we have homework, after school activities, friends, and responsibilities.  However as Matthew 6:33 tells us, when we put God first in our lives, everything else will "fit."  Just think about our experiment with the golf balls (God) and rice (everything else). When we filled our cup with everything else, God did not fit.  However, when we filled our cup with God first, everything else fit.

Don't forget that some of you are helping at Sunday's service on October 21st. 

Our next meeting will be November 18th from 3:00 to 4:00.  We will piggy back with the Kids of the Kingdom.

                            COMING SOON!

 





After each J Walker meeting I will post a J Walker devotional reflection question. Please respond to the question by adding a comment. 

J Walker devotional reflection...
 
How have you put God first in your life?