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April 14, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 20, Session 2: Jesus is Tempted"
Temptations can feel heavy and overbearing, as if we have no way of escape. But that’s just a part of the trap. It’s never true. Anytime you are faced with temptation, there is a way out. Every single time. God promised, and He has never made a promise He did not keep. He will always give us a way...
April 13, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 20, Session 2—Jesus' Temptation
One of the more common tropes found in game shows is the “choice.” The contestant has to make a choice: will she keep what she has or risk it for what could be better? Will she choose door 1 or door 2? Will she keep playing or walk away? The reason why the “choice” is so common is because...
April 7, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Weekly Leader Training—Easter 2020: "Alive with Christ"
1 Cor. 15:1-8 says, Now I would remind you, brothers of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with...
April 6, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Preschool & Kids Leader Training for the Easter Session—Jesus' Crucifixion and Resurrection
Hope is powerful. Actually, it is much more than that. Hope is essential. I have read or seen so many stories where hope was the one thing that separated life and death. Stories where those with hope lived another day while those without it perished. Stories of sailors stranded in shark infested waters for days on end. Stories of...
March 31, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 20, Session 1: "Jesus is Baptized"
Matthew 3:13-17 says, Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.When...
March 30, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 20, Session 1—Jesus' Baptism
When I was a kid, I loved to watch war movies. But one part of those movies that I didn’t enjoy was what I considered to be the painfully slow build-up to the action. As a kid, I didn’t care about the context; I just wanted the action. Now, I see why the context is so important. This week’s...