Thanks to everyone who showed up at the youth meeting last night. We had a great time laughing, talking, but most of all, growing in our walk with Christ. I know that I was really blessed by Derek's teaching.
We are continuing in our series entitled "Your Kingdom Come: Studying the Sermon on the Mount." We are going through the Beatitudes. Saturday we studied Matthew 5:8; "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." We studied what it really meant to be pure in heart.
Derek, thank you so much for teaching us last night. Thank you for helping us grow deeper in love with our Savior.
~Vivian
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Sorry we missed it. Maybe Derek will post some of his thoughts on the blog. Since we weren’t there to participate I’ll leave with a quote from my friend Octavius Winslow.
“There exists not a stronger evidence- and without it, our religion is vain- of our being partakers of the Divine nature than this one- our desire and aim after sanctification of heart, leading, as it inevitably will, to holiness of life. “ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
But in all our failures in our strivings after holiness- and failures many and sad there will be- let us repair to the "Fountain open for sin and uncleanness”, and wash, constantly, daily, ceaselessly wash, and be clean. It is only thus that we shall be kept from a spirit of bondage, yes, from a spirit of despair. A simple looking off ourselves- off both our successful and our unsuccessful attempts after holiness- to Jesus must be our constant habit, if we would walk at peace and in fellowship with God. To His atoning blood let us bring all our holy things, that they may be cleansed and purified.”
Looking to Jesus,
Mark
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