What the Bible is- and isn't

I came across a great article on how we need to teach our children (and youth and adults) that the bible is not about them. Here is a quote from the author that sums it up pretty well:

And that's why I wrote The Jesus Storybook Bible. So children could know what I didn't:

That the Bible isn't mainly about me, and what I should be doing. It's about God and what he has done.

That the Bible is most of all a story---the story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them.

That---in spite of everything, no matter what, whatever it cost him---God won't ever stop loving his children . . . with a wonderful, Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.

That the Bible, in short, is a Story---not a Rule Book---and there is only one Hero in the Story.

PRAISE OUR LORD that it is not about me or you. That we do not have to earn it! Woo Hoo! 

You can check out the whole article (it isn't long) here: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/02/21/teach-children-the-bible-is-not-about-them/ 

Hope you are having a wonderful day guys! Love you! 

Sabrina

Tonight in youth group we talked about what the cost of discipleship is and read from Luke 14. Discipleship means to bear your own cross and follow Jesus (confess that you are a sinner to God, follow Christ in sharing his word). In order to be a disciple, you have to say good-bye to everything in your life and say hello to Him.
We were also asked if we loved certain people more than Jesus. Examples were your parents, siblings, a boy/girlfriend, and then the hardest ones; what others think and yourself. Then we had to feel in the blanks with a "packman". (< or >) Saying whether we love that specific thing or person more than Jesus. That was probably the hardest thing to be honest about, even though you were the only person who was going to see it.
The last thing that Justin said to us tonight, and what stuck with me the most was if we don't think that following Jesus is "worth it," then we should even start because we will never put in the time or effort to finish it.
"He who began a good work in you will complete it." -Phil. 1'6
-Haley C.