Supernatural Expectations

Shayna was sick for small groups tonight. This, however, did not manage to stop it from being successful. Tonight, I did sort of an intro on spiritual gifts. I was kinda all over the place, but I managed to stay on enough of a track to hold attention. I read Paul's whole explanation of spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 12:1-something), and then talked about how there were superpowers all throughout the Bible, like teleportation, super-strength, etc. "Teleportation?" one asked. And I turned to that passage and suddenly the group was enraptured. It was pretty amazing to find that everyone, particularly the guys, were as excited as I am about this topic. Expectations are high.

'Cause how many of us wish that they had known about angels, demons, supernatural powers, and all the other fun parts of Christianity back when we were in junior high?

The Incredibles

To recap yesterday's events, I stayed at home and worked on my thesis for most of the day, then my computer remembered it's viruses, which frustrates me enough to distract me. Only 4 pages into it.

Today, I talked to Shayna about the plan for small groups, and she agreed that spiritual gifts was the way to go. Of course, an hour before small groups started, she suggested that we make it a movie night tonight, since we wouldn't have many people, and I agreed. We watched The Incredibles, and, although no one else may have been thinking this, I thought it tied in well with the lesson plan.

Superpowers? God dishes 'em out. Loads of 'em are mentioned all through the Bible. Teleportation, super-strength, flying, etc. It's all there.

I just wanna share this stuff that gets me so excited, so that maybe some of these junior highers will be crazy enough to believe that God's Word really can and just might be reality today, in all aspects, including the fun parts.