I am not sure where this originated from, but someone taught me this as an easy way to remember the ten commandments. As far as I know this only works for the KJV of the text….
OUR GOD NOW SHOWS HIS KIDS ABOUT SIN WITH COMMANDMENTS
Say the sentence together …
“Some dress their loneliness in bright, carefree hues,
wrappings that deny the wrenching anguish of the heart.
Painted smiles.
Busy schedules.
Power jobs.
Lavish houses filled with proofs of their success.
Others, like the world’s abandoned children,
stand outside with wounded eyes, looking in.
Spurned.
Rejected.
In despair.
Barren lives, where no one notices or cares.
For those outside the
“Your written instructions are miraculous.
That is why I obey them.
Your word is a doorway that lets in light,
and it helps gullible people understand.
I open my mouth and pant because
I long for your commandments.”
Psalm 119:129-131…
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Youth will look at a series of common situations, struggles, temptations, etc and determine which piece of spiritual armor would be most useful in the given situation.
Preparation
Make a list of activities/ situations:
Examples
An old Christian woman whose age began to tell on her had once known much of the bible off by heart. Eventually only one precious bit stayed with her, ‘I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day’ (2 Tim. 1:12). By and by, …
“The men who laid the foundations and reared the soaring arches of our great republic had a vigorous, indomitable, and all-encompassing belief in God. Faith permeated their thoughts, their words and deeds. We see Thomas Jefferson’s hand guiding the quill which wrote, ‘I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind …
In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order.
But these files, which stretched from floor to ceiling and seemingly endless in either …
As I was nearing home after my morning walk, I noticed that a parking ticket was perched on the windshield of a car parked down the street from my house. Poor guy, I thought, that’s twenty-eight bucks out of his pocket. Then it occurred to me that it was then Tuesday between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Parking is prohibited along …