Dear Parents
How do you cope when life falls apart? For some it might be exercise, others perhaps a community of friends, and some choose to see a counselor. There are also unhealthy options that tend to create shakier ground. I know when I become stressed out it becomes easier and easier to spend more time on my phone consuming entertainment or social media content. For some they try to fill the emptiness with food or toxic relationships. In some cases people will close themselves off in order to protect their hearts from the pain they experienced.
Whether good or bad, if those coping mechanisms become our god and source of our “wholeness” we will always find ourselves living in a more damaging place. This week in Sabbath school we will be looking into the 2nd angel’s message from Revelation 14. This angel streaks across the heavens declaring the Babylon has fallen.
The message is brief but filled with relevant and practical meaning for us today. Babylon is an ancient kingdom that represented to the Jews every false religion and pull that takes us away from God. This angel’s message declares that those things cannot save you. All those kingdom’s have fallen.
We will be using this as a catalyst in this week to talk about the kingdom and King that will never end. How our lives are best, and most healthy when we are running to God with all our joys and tragedies.
I’m excited to see what our students will pull out of this week’s lesson.
Whether good or bad, if those coping mechanisms become our god and source of our “wholeness” we will always find ourselves living in a more damaging place. This week in Sabbath school we will be looking into the 2nd angel’s message from Revelation 14. This angel streaks across the heavens declaring the Babylon has fallen.
The message is brief but filled with relevant and practical meaning for us today. Babylon is an ancient kingdom that represented to the Jews every false religion and pull that takes us away from God. This angel’s message declares that those things cannot save you. All those kingdom’s have fallen.
We will be using this as a catalyst in this week to talk about the kingdom and King that will never end. How our lives are best, and most healthy when we are running to God with all our joys and tragedies.
I’m excited to see what our students will pull out of this week’s lesson.
Connection Points
This week, I encourage you to read Revelation 14:1-5 and spend a few minutes talking with your teenager about our lesson. Consider building your conversation around these questions:
• What is something true and central you know about God?
• Where is the name of the Lamb and the name of the Father located on the 144,000?
• What do you think is significant about how only the 144,000 who have been redeemed know the specific song of praise? (Just FYI the symbolic number of 144,000 represents all of the saved from the earth. See Rev 7 where the 144,000 is a number John hears from the 12 tribes of Israel (minus Dan) but when he turns to look at them he sees a number that cannot be counted from every nation on the planet.)
Thanks for praying for our students and our ministry. Have an amazing week!
• What is something true and central you know about God?
• Where is the name of the Lamb and the name of the Father located on the 144,000?
• What do you think is significant about how only the 144,000 who have been redeemed know the specific song of praise? (Just FYI the symbolic number of 144,000 represents all of the saved from the earth. See Rev 7 where the 144,000 is a number John hears from the 12 tribes of Israel (minus Dan) but when he turns to look at them he sees a number that cannot be counted from every nation on the planet.)
Thanks for praying for our students and our ministry. Have an amazing week!
Announcements
Refocus - Wednesday from 6:30pm-8pm in the CVC youth room. This week bring your A game as we play minute-2-win it games. There will be prizes and great fun.
Oxygen Youth Rally - Coming October 30–November 1 at Broken Arrow Ranch, and it’s always an incredible weekend for our students to get away, have a ton of fun, build friendships, and reconnect with God. Mollie Dupper from Union Adventist University will be speaking this year, and we’d love to have as many of our students there as possible! It's $80 per student. You can sign up here.
Bible Study Small Group - This week Bible study starts early with dinner at the Henton's. @6:30pm - Almost every Friday night Mic and Tori host a small group Bible study in their home from 7:15-9:00pm. This is a time for your teen to be able to ask questions about life, eternity, God, or really anything. We open up the Bible and dive in discovering what it means for us and our faith journey. This is one of the best things we do.
Our Home Address:
130 Winfield Rd.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Oxygen Youth Rally - Coming October 30–November 1 at Broken Arrow Ranch, and it’s always an incredible weekend for our students to get away, have a ton of fun, build friendships, and reconnect with God. Mollie Dupper from Union Adventist University will be speaking this year, and we’d love to have as many of our students there as possible! It's $80 per student. You can sign up here.
Bible Study Small Group - This week Bible study starts early with dinner at the Henton's. @6:30pm - Almost every Friday night Mic and Tori host a small group Bible study in their home from 7:15-9:00pm. This is a time for your teen to be able to ask questions about life, eternity, God, or really anything. We open up the Bible and dive in discovering what it means for us and our faith journey. This is one of the best things we do.
Our Home Address:
130 Winfield Rd.
Lincoln, NE 68512