Posts Tagged ‘Pastor Justin’

Great update- we are going to a college/young adults winter camp.

March 5th-7th in Big Bear California. The theme of camp is “Follow Me”. We will be learning more about how to follow God at a deeper level personally and in community together. It is going to be a great camp. And it will only be about $100.

For more info or to sign up please contact Pastor Justin or John Ciardella

The Springs is starting a new (very low key) ministry for the young adults in our church. We have a college age ministry called Sacred Edge (seniors in high school – 24 yrs.old), but have seen that we need a connecting point for young adults (25-30). For now this group will get together once in a while for activites, a winter camp in California, and some dicussions on what we have been learning from Pastor Marks sermons.

To start out it will be very low key and we will try and do something about once a month. As this age group grows in the future we would love to do more.

If you are in this age group and would like to get update on things coming up or if you have ideas on things we can do or discuss please contact Pastor Justin

Atten: all parents of teens

The Northshore Student Ministries website is now officially up, functional and ready for you to take advantage of. See what NorthShore is teaching, read about how we do things, browse through ministries that we offer for you and your student to get involved in and stay up to date on camps, events and activites we do.

We exist to love, mend, train and send your students and support you as you raise them to pursue after Christ.

Go to www.northshorestudents.com and especially check often both the “Parents page” and the “Parent blog”. We update the parent blog quite often with the thing we know you would want to know.

Also please contact Pastor Justin if you have ideas on how NorthShore can better support parents

Grace Despite Hesitation

S. Scripture-  Genesis 19:15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”

16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.
O. Observation- God, through the angels told Lot that he needed to get his family and himself out of the city they were in because God was going to destroy it. God saw that the whole place was full of people who hated God and were involved in all kinds of sin. Lot and his family were the only people God could find that loved Him. Then it goes on to say that Lot hesitated. He probably hesitated because he probably had friends and extended family there that he did not want to die. But then it says that God had so much love and grace for lot that He had the angels grab him and get him and his family out so they would not die.
A. Application- This shows me a picture of God’s huge love and grace for those of us that have accepted Jesus as our Savior. Obviously, I am suppose to obey God when He first tells me to do something, but sometimes I do not hear Him completely or my human nature does not like what He is saying. I am so glad that even when I hesitate God is still right there to help me through it. There has been plenty of times I have hesitated or just plain did not obey, but God has still either just forgiven me or pushed me harder or kept asking/telling me until I listened. Gods grace,forgiveness and love covers us that follow Him.
K. Konnect (with God and others)- Lord, thank you for this example, plus many others in the bible, that you still provide a way out of things even when we don’t listen. Please forgive me of times of not listening or hesitating. And thank you for pushing me and asking me until I listened. You are amazing and I do not deserve all the grace, forgiveness and love that you literally pour out for me. Amen

Extra thought: This same grace, forgiveness and love that gets us through life is available to everyone. He will save and forgive anyone no matter what you have done. All you have to do is know that Jesus died for all your sins and ask Him to be your Savior.

If you have any question about this post or if you would like prayer for anything or if you want Jesus to forgive your sins and want prayer so you can go to heaven please contact Pastor Justin

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