Take A Leap

WE ARE TEACHING THIS:
Remember the thrill of thinking you could fly? When you were little, you believed you could do anything. You had faith that anything you did would be amazing! You spent hour after hour trying to be something, do something, and accomplish something, with no worry of what people would think.

I believed I would be a professional basketball player. I spent hours in the back yard, playing basketball, by myself, being every player on the team. I was Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. I would guard myself. Block my own shots. Foul myself. And in the end, I would both win and lose! I was amazing. I even cheered for myself (but I never put on a cheerleader skirt... until high school, but that was a joke). But at some point, as I grew, my imagination became dull. I haven't played basketball like that for a couple days now... 

Sometimes our faith does the same thing. There are points when we are on fire and totally trusting and seeing God work. Then, other times... it becomes dull and kinda boring. What if we could do something about those moments? What if God had something bigger planned for us than we realized? How would we notice it? Would we be willing to "take a leap" of faith and trust Him?

THINK ABOUT THIS: 
There is a difference between having faith... and having a child-like faith. In Matthew 18, Jesus calls out His disciples on this. Their faith was missing the point. They were more worried about being the greatest, than they were about trusting Jesus. They stopped believing in who Jesus was... their faith became dull and self-centered. In John 10:10, He even tells them that He is promising an abundant life! 

For many people growing up in the church, their faith becomes dull. Not that they lose faith... but they feel like they have heard it all before. Nothing surprises them. What about you and your family... has faith become dull and un-imaginative?

TRY THIS:
This week, talk to your kids about their faith. Ask them the following questions (and be ready to give them your honest answers, too)

• If you could be anything that God wanted you to be, what would it be?
• What one HUGE thing you want God to do that only He could do for you and/or your family and friends?
• What is one thing you want to accomplish before you graduate High School / or die?