First Bible Talk of the Semester!

We had a wonderful turnout yesterday for Bible talk. Back from last semester were myself, David, Diana, Ronald, Taneia, and Lindsey. We had three others join us: Bethany, Addison, and Aeabanbia. It was truly exciting! After opening with prayer, we had our icebreaker question.


ICEBREAKER:

If you were sleepwalking, where do you see yourself going?


David always comes up with very unusual questions for Icebreaker and this one was no different. We had a variety of responses, from going to the moon (that's pretty far to walk, don't you think?), the barn, turning on the TV, going to the fridge, and Ronald told us about the time he knew he had been sleepwalking because he woke up on the kitchen floor! It was a fun time.


LESSON:

Definition of love at first sight?


David asked us this question before we jumped into the Scripture. We had many definitions of love at first sight, but the overall agreement was an immediate attachment with overwhelming feeling that you just really cannot describe. So with that in mind, we read John 13: 12-17 NIV

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you should also wash another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

How do we begin serving one another?

It begins with ourselves. We have to put ourselves aside for others and we must feel that love from Jesus. Greeting others is a great way to serve because sometimes all someone needs to brighten up their day is for someone to just say hello. It's very easy for us to be selfish with our time, but Jesus was never selfish with His. He always did what His Father asked of Him and we must do the same. In v. 17, it says that we will be blessed if we do these things.

From there, we turned to Ephesians 3: 14-18 NIV

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind or teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.

Everything starts with prayer. We must shine the light of Jesus Christ everywhere like a flashlight (though not in a movie theater, because then people will get mad lol) and from there we went to our last Scripture, which was 1 Corinthians 8:1 NIV

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

We are all going to school for knowledge. It is good to be filled with the knowledge from school, but we must also be filled with the knowledge of God. We closed with a word of prayer.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this lesson, so feel free to comment and tell us what you think, or ask any questions that you may have. Give us your answer to the icebreaker question or how you define love at first sight. And if you can make it to the actual Bible talk next Wednesday, we would love to see you there next week!

I will post next week's lesson on Thursday. See you then! :)