Reading this book by David Nasser with the kids in our Youth Bible Study that meets at our house on Sundays. Some good strong words geared towards young people and adults for that matter. I have high expectations for this book and everyone that is reading and working through it. Even though we are not their parents, I truely do love and care for everyone that comes to our house on Sundays.
The book calls us to die to things in our lives that are standing in our way and also causes us to take a very close inspection of our lives. This is very uncomfortable cause it causes us to deal with things that we would rather not even admit exist. I am wondering how far we can get in this process. Cause i believe in order to deal with things you need to admit them to yourself and to God at minimum and even better you need to find someone to give you some accountability in these areas to keep you on track. This means admitting you have flaws and issues in your life, this is never easy and only will come with tons of time in prayer invested.
All i know for sure is that if we really take what the book has to say to heart and allow the scripture it focuses on to work in our lives, things shall be very interesting.
I am starting this study with some students in my church as well. We're all female. I was raised in a christian home and accepted christ at a young age. However, some of my teen and early adult years were not something to be proud of. (I'm 32 now) I certainly have some guilt and issues surrounding those years. I'm wondering how deep I should go, personally, with these kids. Should I hold back for their sake, or be a true part of the study? Any thoughts. Sherri