Prayer

Everything requires fuel. Some are more powerful and more
combustible than others. Serious damage can result from
using the wrong type of fuel. So the key is to use the right
fuel with the right tool.

James 5:16b - "The earnest prayer of a righteous person
has great power and wonderful results."

Prayer is a high octane fuel of the Spirit led life. Ask the
class to share some of the results of their prayers.

Prayer brings the power of the Almighty against
the problems of mankind.

That’s the kind of fuel we need to feed our lives. We need
God’s power flowing through us. The way to connect with
that power is through prayer.

This is the kind of prayer we talked about in our lesson on Monday. If you would like to review the lesson and go over some of the points with your students then please use the below link.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2372651/MS.Lessons/FaithfulLiving.James.5.Prayer.doc

Philly Missions Trip

The Philly Missions trip was tons of fun and a great spiritual encouragement to us and a great help to the homeless who we served. Here are some pics from the trip.

This is us with the city in the background.



On our Prayer Tour through the city.



Our group with Roy in the middle. Roy is a Christian homeless man who chooses to be homeless because God has called him to homeless ministry. He had some great lessons to teach us and greatly encouraged us.



The guys chilling outside the Kenningston Ministry site.



Singing at the Red Door Ministry.



Sorting clothes to be handed out at the Red Door Ministry.



If you have facebook then you can see al 71 pictures on our group page. Just search for Covenant of Grace Youth Ministry and join!

Lesson on Patience

So last night we did a lesson on Patience from the book of James.

It was very ironic because our blessed Middle School students were not as patient during the lesson when it came to talking! ha ha. It was eerily similar to our "Quick to Listen" lesson. Very funny stuff. : )

Patience. First a funny story about patience:
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Gladys and Rhonda walked along the sidewalk after church. They were on their way home, thinking about meals planned for later that afternoon and casually discussing the morning service.

"That was a great sermon on patience," remarked Rhonda.

Gladys replied, "Yeah, but he went five minutes long."
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Please take this opportunity to browse over this supplemental material we have for you to continue on the talk of patience at home this week.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2372651/FaithfulLiving.Patience.HO.doc