This month, we begin discussing our identity. Most of our students, after working through Jr. High, understand that we should find our identity in Christ. By the time they hit High School, they would say that's true, but if you were to ask them how we do that in practical terms, either they don't know or they come up with "go to church, read my Bible, pray..." There is no problem with those elements (church, Bible, pray). In fact, if our kids committed to those 3 things and lived them out daily, I think we all would be better off. But those things are not how we identify with Christ. Those elements enhance our process of identifying with Christ. Our identity is not determined by what we do... our identity is ultimately who we are.
WHO WE ARE IS DETERMINED BY
WHO CREATED US
That was this week's BOTTOM LINE. What we do should be our response to who we are. We go to church, we read our Bible, we pray, not because that's what a Christian does, but because of what Christ did for me and I have committed my life to Christ, I go to church, I read my Bible, and I pray.
PARENT SYNC
This is your chance to "sync" with your child on a spiritual level. Discuss the following question(s) some time this next week:
What are some "labels" that people have of you that really bug you because they aren't true?
What does it mean to you to identify Jesus?
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