Amplify

We are beginning a new series called "Amplify".  This series is all about things that can amplify our faith in Jesus.  Most of the time the things that amplify our faith are things that we look at as bad things.  For example, doubt is something many students struggle with.  I am a big believer that when those doubts are talked about in a healthy way with healthy adults guiding students, these doubts can give us a deeper faith in Jesus. 

This Sunday evening we will be talking about how our past can help us have faith today.  A lot of students wonder if God cares, if God is there for us?  We must show students that what has happened already can  help us today.  We will be looking at the story of the Israelites as they trust God and then not trust God and go back and forth many times.  We can learn that what God has already done in the past can amplify our faith in the present.

Then we will talk about why we celebrate Easter.  It's not because Jesus died, it's because he rose again!  We celebrate a living breathing God and that makes a huge difference when it comes to our faith.  We aren't trusting someone who lived and died or something, we are trusting in a person who lived, died and then rose again so that we can have a fulfilled life.