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I have a few, but I'll just post one at a time....
Alright so I use to be a youth leader at my old church back when I lived in California.
I would teach on tithe & offering, help plan youth events, involved in music ministry, etc etc.
Well, one night, we had some special guests. They were from a girls home where the main focus was to help out teen girls who became pregnant at a young age. There were girls in that group ranging from 13-17.
Now get this, I KNEW they were there, but I DIDN'T know they were pregnant. They all were seated in the back row so I couldn't see their bellies.
Alright so I get up to teach tithe and offering and it was a good message--Basically, how do you expect to receive the blessings of God if you aren't even obeying His commandments, living right, etc. Then in the end as I'm about to pray over it, I start my little banter about living right and whatnot:
"Okay peeps, do we have some awesome youth out there for God?? Are you giving your best? Living right? Not sleeping around and having sex?? Not drinking or doing drugs?? Ready to recieve the blessing of living right?? Alrighty then, so are we ready to give??"
After each question I received an amen from all the youth so I thought everything was okay.
If only I had had MY GLASSES ON--I would have seen those girls and how they were pregnant.
After service was over, I remember going to the back to greet those girls and I saw just how LARGE and pregnant they were.....Oh my gosh, talk about feeling stupid. I basically called them out as not living right Yeah they were not, but there is a way to be diplomatic about it ya know? Why do you think they were there? To hear how they are living in sin? NO! To get answers to their problems--To hear about Jesus and how He can make it all better. To receive a life changing Word. Not a condemning one.
Anywayz, I turned so red you would not believe it as I greeted those girls. They all were very nice to me but I'm sure they wanted to kick my butt >.<
Alright so I use to be a youth leader at my old church back when I lived in California.
I would teach on tithe & offering, help plan youth events, involved in music ministry, etc etc.
Well, one night, we had some special guests. They were from a girls home where the main focus was to help out teen girls who became pregnant at a young age. There were girls in that group ranging from 13-17.
Now get this, I KNEW they were there, but I DIDN'T know they were pregnant. They all were seated in the back row so I couldn't see their bellies.
Alright so I get up to teach tithe and offering and it was a good message--Basically, how do you expect to receive the blessings of God if you aren't even obeying His commandments, living right, etc. Then in the end as I'm about to pray over it, I start my little banter about living right and whatnot:
"Okay peeps, do we have some awesome youth out there for God?? Are you giving your best? Living right? Not sleeping around and having sex?? Not drinking or doing drugs?? Ready to recieve the blessing of living right?? Alrighty then, so are we ready to give??"
After each question I received an amen from all the youth so I thought everything was okay.
If only I had had MY GLASSES ON--I would have seen those girls and how they were pregnant.
After service was over, I remember going to the back to greet those girls and I saw just how LARGE and pregnant they were.....Oh my gosh, talk about feeling stupid. I basically called them out as not living right Yeah they were not, but there is a way to be diplomatic about it ya know? Why do you think they were there? To hear how they are living in sin? NO! To get answers to their problems--To hear about Jesus and how He can make it all better. To receive a life changing Word. Not a condemning one.
Anywayz, I turned so red you would not believe it as I greeted those girls. They all were very nice to me but I'm sure they wanted to kick my butt >.<