This past Wednesday I challenged my youth to stop thinking and start doing.
In the word's of Drury, It was a home run.
(ALL PRAISE TO GOD FOR MOVING THE HEARTS OF THE YOUTH).
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Below: Manuscript and skit
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I’m a Doer!!!
Checkers with June-June
One of my favorite memories growing up was going over to my grandma’s house. My grandma’s name was June-June and June-June was also our babysitter. My sister and I loved going over to June-June’s house because there were two things that we knew where going to happen. One was that we were going to get to eat Pringles. I loved Pringles and because they were so expensive I never got to eat them except when we went to June-June’s. The other thing that was going to happen was we were going to play checkers.
Who loves checkers? I loved playing checkers especially with June-June. So we would get the board out and get the pieces all set up. I would always play with the black game pieces and June-June was always red.
The only problem with playing checkers with June-June was that she was really good and obviously I was not. I was a 7 year old playing against a lady in her sixties. Needless to say I really didn’t have a chance. She kicked my butt.
I remember playing and focusing so hard on what move I would make. I would sit at the table thinking, and thinking and thinking, for what seemed like hours contemplating the next move I would make. Until finally, June-June would get tired of sitting and would start counting down from 10…9...8...7…6…5. And all of a sudden I would quit thinking and do something. And then she would move and then the process began again. Thinking, Thinking, thinking…and as I got older even though I knew what I was suppose to do I would think and think and think, until June-June would say, just do it.
We have moments in our lives like this too. We know that it is our turn to move but we just sit there thinking. We almost always know what our next move should be but we just sit there and wait. Maybe, waiting for someone to move for us or tell us what to do. Sometimes we wait because curtain people are watching or because we know that what we must do might make us uncomfortable, yet we know that it is our turn and we know what move to make but the moment passes us by because we just think…
In Luke 10 we see this also played out. This is the parable of the Good Samaritan. And to help tell this story some of your fellow students have put together a little drama to help. So if you would please put your hands together for this presentation. Scream as loud as you can for our presentation of another day at Alamance High.
Checkers with June-June
One of my favorite memories growing up was going over to my grandma’s house. My grandma’s name was June-June and June-June was also our babysitter. My sister and I loved going over to June-June’s house because there were two things that we knew where going to happen. One was that we were going to get to eat Pringles. I loved Pringles and because they were so expensive I never got to eat them except when we went to June-June’s. The other thing that was going to happen was we were going to play checkers.
Who loves checkers? I loved playing checkers especially with June-June. So we would get the board out and get the pieces all set up. I would always play with the black game pieces and June-June was always red.
The only problem with playing checkers with June-June was that she was really good and obviously I was not. I was a 7 year old playing against a lady in her sixties. Needless to say I really didn’t have a chance. She kicked my butt.
I remember playing and focusing so hard on what move I would make. I would sit at the table thinking, and thinking and thinking, for what seemed like hours contemplating the next move I would make. Until finally, June-June would get tired of sitting and would start counting down from 10…9...8...7…6…5. And all of a sudden I would quit thinking and do something. And then she would move and then the process began again. Thinking, Thinking, thinking…and as I got older even though I knew what I was suppose to do I would think and think and think, until June-June would say, just do it.
We have moments in our lives like this too. We know that it is our turn to move but we just sit there thinking. We almost always know what our next move should be but we just sit there and wait. Maybe, waiting for someone to move for us or tell us what to do. Sometimes we wait because curtain people are watching or because we know that what we must do might make us uncomfortable, yet we know that it is our turn and we know what move to make but the moment passes us by because we just think…
In Luke 10 we see this also played out. This is the parable of the Good Samaritan. And to help tell this story some of your fellow students have put together a little drama to help. So if you would please put your hands together for this presentation. Scream as loud as you can for our presentation of another day at Alamance High.
Good Samaritan Skit
What a great job they did. They are awesome. And I know we were poking fun at this and usually you don’t have to worry about walking past someone who is bleeding at you school but…
The point still remains. We are faced with moment’s everyday that put the choice is placed in our hands and we are forced to make a decision. When I played checkers with June-June at first when I started playing I did not always know what the right move was, but as I grew to learn how to play the game I knew what move I had to make. So I made my move.
And the fact remains that there are many decisions that you guys face during the day. I’m not talking about what to eat for lunch, but should you stay and listen to that dirty joke, or should you curse, or should you go to that party were you know people are going to be drinking, or should you do with or that with your boy friend or girl friend. You guys have big decisions everyday and you know what the right move is but we spend to much time thinking and not enough time doing.
Are you going to have enough courage to stand up for what you believe in and not only think the right choice but to do right choice.
It’s one thing to think of the right thing to do….It’s another to do the right thing…
It’s one thing to think of the right thing to do….It’s another to do the right thing…
James 2:14-17
You must not only think of the right thing but do the right thing.
Let me ask you this…last time you were faced with a tough decision what did you think…and what did you do.
I think that many of us are thinkers but not doers. We get half way there.
When I played checkers with June-June there were moves that I had to make during the game that I didn’t want to make. I knew that to win the game I had to sacrifice a game piece, a piece of who I was to make the right choice.
And to win at this game of life to win at this Christian walk you also are going to have to sacrifice and make moves that you really don’t want to make.
But we must be doers!!!
God’s word says that without action our faith is dead….
How could we transform the world if we became doers!!!!
What a great job they did. They are awesome. And I know we were poking fun at this and usually you don’t have to worry about walking past someone who is bleeding at you school but…
The point still remains. We are faced with moment’s everyday that put the choice is placed in our hands and we are forced to make a decision. When I played checkers with June-June at first when I started playing I did not always know what the right move was, but as I grew to learn how to play the game I knew what move I had to make. So I made my move.
And the fact remains that there are many decisions that you guys face during the day. I’m not talking about what to eat for lunch, but should you stay and listen to that dirty joke, or should you curse, or should you go to that party were you know people are going to be drinking, or should you do with or that with your boy friend or girl friend. You guys have big decisions everyday and you know what the right move is but we spend to much time thinking and not enough time doing.
Are you going to have enough courage to stand up for what you believe in and not only think the right choice but to do right choice.
It’s one thing to think of the right thing to do….It’s another to do the right thing…
It’s one thing to think of the right thing to do….It’s another to do the right thing…
James 2:14-17
You must not only think of the right thing but do the right thing.
Let me ask you this…last time you were faced with a tough decision what did you think…and what did you do.
I think that many of us are thinkers but not doers. We get half way there.
When I played checkers with June-June there were moves that I had to make during the game that I didn’t want to make. I knew that to win the game I had to sacrifice a game piece, a piece of who I was to make the right choice.
And to win at this game of life to win at this Christian walk you also are going to have to sacrifice and make moves that you really don’t want to make.
But we must be doers!!!
God’s word says that without action our faith is dead….
How could we transform the world if we became doers!!!!
With every head bowed and every eye closed.
This time is between you can God.
Ask yourself if you are truly a thinker or a doer.
We are going to spend the next several minutes seeking God.
If you have trouble stepping out and being a doer, this is a great time to ask God to give you the strength to be a doer.
Pray at your seat, come to the altar, whatever you would like.
But lets become Doers……..
Let’s seek God together….
In this youth group we are going to be a family of doers…not students who can just talk the talk but students who are willing to step out and be doers….do the right thing.
Here is what I want you to do. We are going to spread out on this half of the gym and I want you to spend some time praying about being a doer. We are not going to be just thinkers any more….we are going to be doers.
So quietly spread out across this half of the gym and ask God to give you the strength to be a doer.
This time is between you can God.
Ask yourself if you are truly a thinker or a doer.
We are going to spend the next several minutes seeking God.
If you have trouble stepping out and being a doer, this is a great time to ask God to give you the strength to be a doer.
Pray at your seat, come to the altar, whatever you would like.
But lets become Doers……..
Let’s seek God together….
In this youth group we are going to be a family of doers…not students who can just talk the talk but students who are willing to step out and be doers….do the right thing.
Here is what I want you to do. We are going to spread out on this half of the gym and I want you to spend some time praying about being a doer. We are not going to be just thinkers any more….we are going to be doers.
So quietly spread out across this half of the gym and ask God to give you the strength to be a doer.
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