Due to the Ministry Fair during the Sunday School hour this Sunday there will be no Youth Sunday School Classes. Come to the fair and find ways you can serve in and through the ministries of Redeemer.

SESSION 10
Q. Why are God’s omniscience and omnipresence important to us?
A. Because God’s dependable character helps us
trust him more and changes how we think and live.

Monday
Read Psalm 8.
What does this passage tell you about God?
Write down a few descriptions.

Tuesday
Read Jeremiah 23:23–24.
How does knowing that God is everywhere affect the way you think and act?

Wednesday
Read Acts 17:26–28.
How do these verses comfort you when you feel like your life isn’t going right or you feel far away from God?

Thursday
Read Psalm 92:1–5.
How does the psalmist respond to the greatness of God?
Write your response as a prayer to God.

Friday
Read all of Psalm 139 as your own praise to God.
List three ideas or thoughts that stand out the most to you.

SESSION 9
Q. How do we honor God’s name?
A. We show our love for God by reverently treating his name with awe through worship, trust, and obedience.

This week you looked at some of the names God gives for himself
in the Old Testament. Look up the following Bible references to learn more about God and his character!

El Roi (el ROY): The God Who Sees Me
Read Genesis 16. Why did Hagar call the Lord “a God of seeing”?

Read Psalm 139:7–12. How do these verses apply to your life right now?

Jehovah-Jireh (juh-HO-vah JI-rah): The Lord Will Provide
Read Genesis 22. Why did Abraham name the place “The Lord will provide”?

Read John 6:32–35. How does God provide for you?

Jehovah-Rohi (juh-HO-vah RO-hee): The Lord Is My Shepherd
Read Psalm 23. How is God like a shepherd to you?

Read John 10:14–18. What does Jesus say about himself?

Jehovah-Nissi (juh-HO-vah NEE-se): The Lord Is My Banner
Read Exodus 17:8–16 and Deuteronomy 20:3–4. What did God do for his people?

Read Ephesians 6:10–18. How does God help you fight the good fight of faith?

Immanuel (ih-MAN-u-el): God With Us
Read Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:18–25. Jesus came as God in our midst. He is the great I AM. In what ways do you see that God is with you?

Write a prayer of thanks to God for who he is and all that he has done and is doing for you.

SESSION 8
Q. How do believers demonstrate their love for God?
A. Believers respond to God’s love by trusting him and obeying his commands.

Read each passage from Deuteronomy below. Then choose one verse from each to write out. Include a short response of how you are applying or will apply it to your life.

Day 1
Deuteronomy 4:15–31

Day 2
Deuteronomy 4:32–40

Day 3
Deuteronomy 5:22–33

Day 4
Deuteronomy 6:1–15

Day 5
Write a short scene about a teenager who’s obeying and/or disobeying God’s commandments. Which commandments did your story include? Bring it to Sunday School next week to share. Below is an example:

Dave has been grounded for a month because he took the car for a drive with friends without permission from his parents. Next Friday will be the first night he isn’t grounded, and he has plans to go out and celebrate with his friends. But he is scheduled to work. So Dave decided to call in sick and go out with his friends instead. And since he was short on money, he took some out of his sister’s purse without asking. His sister was upset but she didn’t tell on her brother. She did ask him to pay her back. (Commandments 5, 8, 9, 10)

Saw this on the Desiring God blog today and loved it. It reveals the way we often use social media to promote ourselves and boast of how busy we are, or how amazing our kids are and so on and so on. It is an ongoing battle to interact with people in real life and online in a way that is not self-glorifying or me-boasting when we are called to be God Glorifying and Cross-Boasting.

We finally were able to watch one of Connor’s track meets today. He did great clearing a 9 foot pole vault and nearly clearing 9’6″ though his personal best is 10 feet. Here are some pictures and a video.

I asked him to make a video that gives a little info about what he’ll be doing this summer and how you can help. You can watch the video below and you can visit his website, http://zalutz.blogspot.com to stay up to date with how to pray for him as well as how to give financial support to him.

I expect this summer Internship will be a huge benefit for Kingdom ministry on the border as Zach ministers. I also believe this will do wonders for training and preparing Zach for wherever God leads him to preach the Gospel. If you can pray (and you can) please look at Zach’s request and pray. If you can give anything financially at all please visit his site and click on the donate button.

“ Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.””

Last night Beckham had a game he learned at school/church about Mary and Martha he wanted to teach us. The game worked like this. I held the Bible and prepared to read God’s Word. Beckham and Sadie Piper and Berkley wandered about. When I said Mary they would stop and star listening to me with the Bible. When I said Martha they would run around frantically cleaning things (pretending). It was bit like red light, green light.

The game was great because it helped them to understand that for Martha the priority was doing things, cooking, cleaning, her focus was on stuff. For Mary her focus was on Jesus. Now I don’t believe this is an excuse to abandon responsibilities. It wouldn’t glorify God if you just sat around reading Scripture and praying while your house and homework wasted away.

However, it does cause us to ask the question. Am I more concerned with my todo list today or my Savior? Would I rather have a spotless clean house or a heart of joy having spent time with God in His Word? A simple question, but the way each of us answer it will more than likely not be so simple.

So what will it be today? More busy schedules full of soccer games, homework, plays, shopping until you collapse in exhaustion or a little slowness as you sit and soak in the Scriptures? Wil it be Mary or Martha?

Well, I can’t help but already feel guilty on this one as I rush to post this and run off to complete my todo list for the day.