Merry Christmas!

I wish I had a cool picture for this post, but I don't - oh well. Yesterday was our last night to meet at Area 51 for the year. To wrap up the semester Jeff talked about how God has equipped us with everything that we need to live for Him. We looked at the story of Mary in Luke 1:26-38. In this passage we see that despite Mary's fear and uncertainty of what God had called her to do, she was obedient. Her response was, "I am the Lord's servant," and "may it be to me as you have said."

Everyone has something that they know God has called them to do, whether it is having a consistent quiet time or accepting Him as their Lord and Savior. It's different for each person. Last night Jeff left us with a dare. He said, "I dare you to do whatever it is that God is calling you to do." You know what it is... so the question is are you going to take the dare? Are you wiling to step out on faith and see how God uses you when you are obedient to Him?

"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness." - 2 Peter 1:3

I wish I had something profound to say to end this, but (once again) I don't. I do, however, hope that you stop for a second and think about the verse above and the truth that it has in our lives. This Christmas break can be like any other Christmas break and it would probably be pretty good. Or - you can intentionally seek after God by being obedient to Him and find that He can use you in an incredible way! Will you take the dare...

Here are a few things to remember over the break:

-We will not meet on Wednesday nights at Area 51 again until January 9, 2008
-Deadline to sign up for Mexico is THIS sunday December 16
-No LIFE groups on Sunday December 23
-High School Disciple Now is January 25-26... so sign up!

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

-Lacy