Hey! A Youth Rally!

I love them! Lots of different churches getting together to talk about Jesus! I don't know if anyone took pictures or not, so I decided to include this one...


(If anyone has a picture then send it to me! I need one!!)

It was especially fun to see people trying to make their half court shot for $100! Nobody got close though... I'm thinking that next time we'll do a 3 point attempt!!

In case you missed it, here's a recap of the lesson from that night:

Romans 10:9 says that there are two things required to be saved from God's coming judgment.

1) Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. In everyday terms, that means that Jesus gets complete control over our lives. The Lord gets to call the shots.

2) Believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead. That's pretty amazing!

These two things result in salvation. (This is the point where you jump up and down and say, "Woo-Hoo!!")

We had 14 students make a first time decision to give their lives over to Jesus. It's a HUGE deal! Now we need some teenagers who were already believers to set an example of how followers of Jesus live. I wonder where I could find some...

In Him,

Blu

Judgment and such!

I always love the discussions that come happen when we talk about the end times and/or the coming judgment of God. You've got like a million and one questions (I'd say about a 50/50 split. Holly asking 500,000 and Rachel asking 500,001). Here's a recap of what we talked about:

Hebrews 9:27-28 lists four one time events. Remember them? They are:

1) Death

2) Judgment

3) Jesus dying for our sins

4) Jesus returning as King

And of course, you can read more about the judgment in Revelation 20:11-15. We will all stand before God, and the only thing that will matter is whether or not our name is written in the Book of Life.


Click here to learn about the only way to have your name written in this important book!

And of course, to introduce the topic of death and judgment, we started things off with a game of murder. My favorite part was watching Brittany get murdered... I'm not sure why... :) Here's a picture of her with some random guy I've never met in my life, but I couldn't crop him out of the picture!



Given the setup of the game of murder, it should be simple. Somebody winks. That's it. But lots of people struggled with it. I'm wondering if we should try it again... Thoughts?

In Him,

Blu

The Task

Ok, here's the task. I'm creating this blog for three simple reasons:

1) To have a place where people can review the stellar Bible studies we have every Wednesday night at First Baptist Alvarado.

2) To offer my uncensored commentary on the week's happenings.

3) To waste time while I'm at the church office trying to look busy.

My plan is to post a blog at least once a week. If you can't remember the web address (www.bluscommentary.blogspot.com), then you can go the student section of our church's website at www.fbcalvarado.org. I'll post a link there!

I'll also try and come up with the most flattering pictures of our youth I can find and post them on the site... like this one!



Don't laugh. You might be next... :)

In Him,

Blu

Oh! I almost forgot! The ducky you see to the left... Don't make fun of him. Never mess with the ducky. Ever.