You may want to try at home the competition that opened the time together: For each competitor, put a piece of bubble gum on a plate and then cover the gum/fill the plate with whipped cream. It's a race to see which of the competitors can eat to the piece of gum, chew it up, and blow a bubble first! Go!
After the fun, the students heard from senior Milovan Semic... who talked about worrying.
* Why is worry bad? It's unhelpful (it accomplishes nothing: worry can't change the past or future; worry just messes up the present); it's unreasonable (God's got this!); and it'sunhealthy (gives headaches, takes away sleep).
* Worry is a learned skill; we can unlearn to worry.
* Believe that God will take care of you. As Psalm 23:1 teaches, the Lord is the shepherd of His people, and shepherds provide, protect, guide, and correct the problems in the life of their sheep.
* The promise of Philippians 4:19 says, "My God will meet all your needs"--and Milovan pointed out that will is definitive; that needs are different from wants; and that all is totally inclusive.
* Worry means not believing that God will keep the promise of Philippians 4:19.
* Worry is a control issue: worry reveals our desire to be in control.
* Milovan took us to Jesus' words in John 10... "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me... My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me" (verses 14 and 27). Key to a worry-free life, then, is knowing Jesus, listening to Jesus, and following Jesus.
* God gives us the option: Will we let Him be our shepherd?
* Philippians 4:6 -- "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."
* If you have time to worry, you have time to pray. And if something is big enough to worry about, then it's big enough to pray about!
Thank you, Milovan! Great job presenting a great message for our students as they head into finals... as they live life in 2013!
Blessings!
Kris and Lisa
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