Catalysts Week 1: Life Changing Truth
What our current series called "Catalysts" is all about: Sometimes our faith needs a jump start, a catalyst,
something to move us in the right direction.
But what does that for us?
Throughout most people’s lives, it’s one of five key things, and if we
look out for those we can see God do something awesome!
What we talked about this week: The power of the truth of God’s grace cannot be underestimated. In talking with people, coming into contact with truth from God’s Word is one of the five major ways that God changes our lives. This is why you want your kids in church, and why you want to follow up at home.
This week we are going to focus on one truth in particular, the gift of God’s grace. We will read Ephesians 2:8-9 which tells us that we cannot earn God’s love, but that He already loves us. So many times as Christians we know this as a fact but don’t let it change our lives. We live as though God loves us but is really disappointed in us because we’re not good enough. God’s grace is a gift because He loves me unconditionally. Living like God is for me changes everything.
This weeks point: Living like God is for you changes everything.
What you can do at home: Talk to your teenagers about how much you love them, and
that nothing they could ever do would make you stop loving them. Then remind them that God’s love for them is
even stronger than yours, so they don’t have to ever feel like God doesn’t love
them.
Read Matthew
5:23-24
Ask: Why would people bring gifts to the altar back before
Jesus? What does Jesus say is more
important? Why does He say that?
Explain that they would bring gifts to the altar to worship
God and make atonement for their sins.
But Jesus says that getting right with the people around us is more
important than getting right with God.
This may sound weird, but if I’m a Christian I’m already right with God,
so I don’t have to worry about that.
Now, God wants me to worry about how I treat all the people around me.
Pray that your family would be changed by the truth of God’s
grace.
