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2007 Christian Education Sabbath | |
Thought StarterJesus told His disciples what to value and how to behave: show God’s love each and every time you interact with others. When we are well-fed, warm, dry, appreciated, and getting our way, following Christ’s command will often just happen. However, we are to show God’s love when we are poor, hungry, hated, excluded, and reviled. What’s more, we are to show God’s love when others make us poor, keep us hungry, express hatred, exclude and revile us. In those moments, obeying His call will be hard. Whether easy or hard, Christ’s disciples should still love, do good, bless, and pray. We won’t show the world all that much when our lives appear easy. However, in the hard times, the world will see that God’s love acting in us is different and greater than what the world calls love. In those moments, we nurture enemies, tormentors, mockers, and thieves, by showing that God is active and His love is powerful. Those who seek God’s Kingdom should expect poverty, hunger, and dislike as the result of being faithful to the message of God. However, deprivation now will not last forever; faithfulness to God brings great reward. So don’t miss any opportunity God gives you to nurture others—foe or friend—show His love and rejoice in the kindness of God. |
 Nurture Logo InformationThe 2007 Christian Education Sabbath is scheduled for the Sabbath immediately following Labor Day (Sabbath, September 8, 2007). The theme of this year's Christian Education Sabbath is Nurture. This year's support material includes a bulletin cover, bulletin insert, a children's message, a skit, a responsive reading, and a puzzle page. These are designed to fit within a worship service that is emphasizing the importance finding ways to grow together in Christ by demonstrating God's love. Don't miss the skit. It can be quite helpful in illustrating the importance of Sabbath School in getting to know one another. |
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