Selfish Christians...

Hey Guys!
Man this week was good, I felt like things were back to normal which was good! We had some new faces which is always refreshing and even some old faces we haven't seen in a long time which is cool...over all the night went well.

The message Wednesday focused not on non believers, but primarily on people who profess faith in Christ and proclaim that their life is now for Him. America is a selfish nation, i don't think many people would argue that but when it comes to our faith have we bread our faith with our selfish mentality? I think in a lot of ways we have and that was the heart of the message.

So many people within the church are so caught up and concerned about them self that they are blinded to those around them that are truly in need and are those to whom God calls us to minister too! I tried to illustrate this Wednesday night to the students by NOT providing any chairs for the students to sit in and force all 150 of them to sit on the floor. We are so spoiled within the American church and I really believe God is calling us to take our eyes off of ourselves and put them where they belong, on Him and begin to care about the things He truly cares about!

We looked closely at two passages of scripture from the book of James that talks about our deeds and good works being evidence of a true and genuine faith in Jesus Christ. James urges followers of Christ to not just listen to God's Word and what He commands but to live it out and I challenged the students to not be so self consumed that they miss out on loving others as much as they love them self! It was and probably will always be not the most popular message, but one that I think is so relevant. We as Christians have to be obedient to the whole Bible, to all of God's commands, not just the ones we like and choose to follow!

With that said, this upcoming week is spring break and we have NO FUSION next Wednesday night!! Please plug your student into one of our Spring Break activities next week that is listed above!! Also we need drivers on Monday and Wednesday to take students to and from the beach, so if you can help we need it!! Thanks...

Scriptures Used...
James 1:22-25
James 2:14-26

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