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Well that was a cool story.. Don't you think? (sad voice) But God couldn't love me enough to come and rescue me from my troubles, Sam must be someone real special for Jesus to want to save her.

Really are you sure?

How do you know?

Well then I have a question for you..

What kind of person did Superhero Jesus seem like when we watched him talking to Samantha? Was he very mean like Jessica was?

What do you think we can learn from this story?

Do you think Sam and Jesus are good friends now?

Well of course they are.

You see even though Samantha maybe not have been looking for God that night, God sure was looking for her. And he is even seeking after you. He wants you to know him, know that he created you for a purpose and that you were not a mistake. But that you were in his plans to be born at this point and time since the beginning of time. Did you know that in Jeremiah 29:11 it says “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.

So if God doesn't want to harm us why does he seek us?

If we continue on to Jeremiah 31:3 it says “I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with loving-kindness”.

So if you were to walk outside Freedom House right now and find the first person you see and give them a great big hug and tell them you love them, how would you feel? (Weird Right?) Would that person believe you? (no, cause they don't know you). BUT.. if you walked up to your mom right now and said “I love you”, how would you feel? (Great, I love mom hugs) Would your mom believe you? (Of course.. she's my mom). SEE.. Relationship is KEY! In order to feel God's love, we need to develop a relationship with Him.


Do you understand he wants to establish a relationship with you. He Loves you more then you know or maybe you can imagine. Our relationship with God should be the most important things in our lives. Did you know that in Mark 12:30 it says “Love the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”

What does it mean to love the Lord with.. all your Heart?.. (give time for them to answer) ... all your soul?.. (Give time for them to answer)... all your mind?.. (Give time for them to answer)... and all your strength?

Imagine.. if we could get a love letter from God.. what do you think it would be like?



Isn't God amazing to love us so much? To want us to be his friend? When we accept God into our hearts then we truly are a friend of God. Do you want to pray with me and thank God?

[Prayer]

Father God we thank you for who you are. We Thank you that you loved us first before we knew you. We want to strengthen our relationship with you by giving you praise and honor. We thank you that you sent Jesus to die for our Sins. We thank you for the sacrifice you made so that we could re-establish our relationship with you and we may have everlasting life with you.

Father God we repent of our sins, we repent of the lies we have believed that you didn't love us. We thank you that you want to save us just like you saved Samantha and wanted to be her friend. We welcome you into our hearts, we pray that you dwell in us that we can be an example to others of your love. We thank you for these things in Jesus name.

Amen.

So, what is ONE thing you are going to do this week, to build your relationship with GOD?

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