They hiked, they saw, they conquered, then they all passed out in the back seat of the car on the ride back. Mission accomplished. Good times today with a hike in Conifer and lunch at a giant hot dog in the forest.
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The Rockies may not have won last nights game but that didn’t stop our kids from having fun cheering them on and enjoying fellowship with one another.
Read MoreWe are deviating from our 7 Questions in Proverbs today to explain the meaning of Proverbs 13:22; A good person leaves an inheritance to his children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous. Specifically, we wish to understand what it means for a sinner's wealth to be stored up for the righteous.
Read MoreAs youth group leaders we love changing things up and finding new ways to help your kids learn from the scriptures and grow closer to God.
Over the last 12 weeks our youth group has established seven questions to ask themselves when reading the scriptures. Check out our full blog post to learn more about The Seven Questions.
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We are so thankful to have these kids join our youth group. Our time together today was a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other and learn what it means to be a Calvary Belmar “Shrub”!
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A great turn out for our youth bowling event. Everyone’s a winner when no one pays attention to the score because they’re having too much fun hanging out!
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No game was off limits to our adventurous youth group and their parents. Even Pastor Scott joined in on the fun. These kids blasted and zoomed and zapped their way through the arcade.
Read MoreSupplication is the final component to the ACTS of prayer. What is Supplication? On its basic level it is praying for your needs and the needs of others to be met by God. Why do you think that this component comes last after Adoration, Confession and Thanks?
Read MoreWe must acknowledge our loving Fathers perfection and glory and only then will we see our sin for what it really is. However, without this acknowledgment we cannot then be thankful for his grace, mercy and endless love.
Read MoreLast week we went over the first step in the ACTS of Prayer which was Adoration. We learned why we should adore God in our daily prayers and we also went over some reasons why God is worth our adoration. Today we will be going over part two which is Confession.
Read MoreFor the next several lessons we’ll be talking about the ACTS of prayer, which we reviewed briefly a few weeks ago. The acronym ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. Tonight we’re going over Adoration.
Read MoreHow many of you have prayed and either you aren't sure if you understand God's response or have even gotten a response at all? We have an influx of information always coming our way; family, friends, social media, television, music…its information overload. God also speaks to us through many avenues but most often through our own mind. But how do we know its God that’s speaking? Sometimes even mature Christians think they "hear" God but are in fact hearing their own hearts or worse hearing Satan's lies. So how do we know it's God that is speaking to us and what does it mean when we hear nothing at all?
Read MoreHearing God's voice is no longer limited by our sinful nature. Because of Christ coming to earth as a man and dying for our sins we have been given the Holy Spirit which allows us to communicate with God directly.
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Our Cedars Youth Group spent a chilly afternoon at Georgetown Lake watching the racers tear up the ice. We were all thankful for the mostly sunny weather after yesterdays snow storm. The wind picked up and we couldn’t feel our fingers and toes but we bundled up and enjoyed goofing off on the ice and snow covering the lake.
Read MoreOver the next four meetings, we’ll be learning about our communication with God: what it is, how it works, and how we can make it full and consistent. This week we’re talking about God’s primary mode of communication with us: the Bible.
Read MoreGod's Promises Require Action
God’s promises are not something that will be fulfilled in some distant future. They are being fulfilled now and we are called to action to be participants in God's promises not spectators.
Read MoreGod's promises are personal. God isn't standing in front of us as a crowd of people and saying to the general gathering "I promise you guys…". He is standing in front of you, face to face and giving you his personal oath that he will keep his promises.
Read MoreGod has given us many promises. 1 Peter 1:3-4 says "His divine power has given us everything we need for a Godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."
Read MoreHe will always forgive us and show us grace and mercy when we go to him and confess our sins. It's NEVER too late!
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