2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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LOVE NOT THE WORLD
AUGUST 26
1 John 2:15
LOVE NOT THE WORLD
"Oh, no!" exclaimed Jacelyn as she and her parents walked into the house. They could hardly believe their eyes. They saw pink yarn wound around the dining table and chair legs. The yarn went from the kitchen to the dining room where it went over and around more chair legs.
It didn’t take long to figure out where to pin the guilt. Patches, Jacelyn’s kitten, had to be the culprit. "But how could one little kitten make such a mess?" groaned Jacelyn. "And look at my yarn! I just bought it!"
"I’m sorry, Jacelyn," said Mom, "but it looks like you’ll lose most of it. We might as well get the scissors and start cutting."
"Wait," said Dad. "That’s a lot of yarn to waste. Let me try to untangle it."With that,he went to work.Jacelyn and Mom helped,too.It was difficult, but the yarn finally was rolled into a ball.
"Well," said Jacelyn, gazing doubtfully at the yarn, "I’m glad we could save this, but it sure doesn’t look like it did when it was new. And see that?" She pointed to a frayed section of yarn. "A lot of the threads are all pulled apart."
Mom nodded. "I guess the kitten’s claws did that," she said. Jacelyn sighed."It won’t ever be quite the same again,but I’ll still use it,"she decided.
"Tangled threads," murmured Dad. "It’s kind of like what our speaker talked about last Sunday, isn’t it? Only that was worse – he talked about tangled lives."
Mom nodded. "He had a lot of stories about children – even Christian ones – who messed up their lives when they rebelled against their parents and against God and became entangled with the world and Satan’s way of living."
"Like kids who are proud or stubborn or do worse things," Jacelyn remembered.
"Yes," agreed Dad, "and others who harm their bodies with alcohol or other sinful activities. God still loves them. He can still use them if they come back to Him, but a life of sin often leaves scars that never completely go away."
Thought: Is Satan trying to get you entangled in some kind of sin?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You know that at times, I am tempted to follow what the world does. Help me please to keep my life untangled from the world and Satan, so that I’d be better to enjoy Your wonderful plan for me. And if I’m already caught up in some wrong activity, please help me stop. In Jesus’ name I ask – Amen.
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1 John 2:15
LOVE NOT THE WORLD
"Oh, no!" exclaimed Jacelyn as she and her parents walked into the house. They could hardly believe their eyes. They saw pink yarn wound around the dining table and chair legs. The yarn went from the kitchen to the dining room where it went over and around more chair legs.
It didn’t take long to figure out where to pin the guilt. Patches, Jacelyn’s kitten, had to be the culprit. "But how could one little kitten make such a mess?" groaned Jacelyn. "And look at my yarn! I just bought it!"
"I’m sorry, Jacelyn," said Mom, "but it looks like you’ll lose most of it. We might as well get the scissors and start cutting."
"Wait," said Dad. "That’s a lot of yarn to waste. Let me try to untangle it."With that,he went to work.Jacelyn and Mom helped,too.It was difficult, but the yarn finally was rolled into a ball.
"Well," said Jacelyn, gazing doubtfully at the yarn, "I’m glad we could save this, but it sure doesn’t look like it did when it was new. And see that?" She pointed to a frayed section of yarn. "A lot of the threads are all pulled apart."
Mom nodded. "I guess the kitten’s claws did that," she said. Jacelyn sighed."It won’t ever be quite the same again,but I’ll still use it,"she decided.
"Tangled threads," murmured Dad. "It’s kind of like what our speaker talked about last Sunday, isn’t it? Only that was worse – he talked about tangled lives."
Mom nodded. "He had a lot of stories about children – even Christian ones – who messed up their lives when they rebelled against their parents and against God and became entangled with the world and Satan’s way of living."
"Like kids who are proud or stubborn or do worse things," Jacelyn remembered.
"Yes," agreed Dad, "and others who harm their bodies with alcohol or other sinful activities. God still loves them. He can still use them if they come back to Him, but a life of sin often leaves scars that never completely go away."
Thought: Is Satan trying to get you entangled in some kind of sin?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You know that at times, I am tempted to follow what the world does. Help me please to keep my life untangled from the world and Satan, so that I’d be better to enjoy Your wonderful plan for me. And if I’m already caught up in some wrong activity, please help me stop. In Jesus’ name I ask – Amen.
Posted in Junior