You can write another Psalm - either write a personal letters and/or Psalms to God about any of the four topics below – be honest with him as you share things like your failure, His sufficiency, your questions, fears, desires, etc.
A. WORSHIP
B. TELLING THE GOSPEL
C. CELEBRATING THE GOSPEL
D. LIVING THE GOSPEL
E. CONFESSION
10 - GENERAL
Did any of the lessons during this unit mean anything to you? What mattered? Why? If nothing mattered to you, can you explain why you think that’s the case, and is there anything we can do to help you learn in better ways…or ways that matter?
10- The confession lesson meant the most to me for many reasons. It meant something to me when I heard that only confessing to God then continuing to do the same sin over and over again isn't really confessing. It's just forgiving yourself. This mattered to me because the next time I mess up and make a confession, I will know how to confess the right way and not try to make a loophole to get out of it. I liked learning about David's sins because usually when I sin I try to cover it up with a lie and I think that it's all good, so I can relate to David in some ways. In the bible, David seems like such a caring, loving, and sinless person, learning about that made me realize that, although he seemed to perfect to be human, he still is one and he sins like everybody else.
ReplyDelete10- I think that the unit that I really learned from was confession. I learned that it is good to be caught. I learned that I also need to go to people and confess, not only God. We need to understand that confessing isn't just saying im sorry and then do it again the day later. We need to confess and repent. Confessing is admitting I have sinned but not only that but repent and doing a 180 turn. I feel like a lot of people are like david, they sin then try to cover it up and make plans to get out of the consequences.
ReplyDeleteGod thank you for your mercy
ReplyDeleteGod thank you for your grace
God thank you for you justice
God thank you for being fair
God thank you for not hating
God thank you
God thank you
God thank you
Lord you are the one I go to
Lord you are the one I worship
Lord you the one I love
Lord you are my God and king above
Lord you are my only
Lord you are
Lord you are
Lord you are
Thank you God for my life
I won’t misuse it
Lord where are you and you holy armies
ReplyDeleteLord where are you when the earth is crumbling
Lord where are you when I need you most
Lord where are you when the Devil comes
Lord where are you when I need you most
I know where you are you are by my side
I know where you are helping me and those in need
I know you are there
But when the storm comes it breaks me
When the wind comes I fall
When the earth cracks I fall in
When my friends come I fail
Now where are you
You are still by my side
If I forget you know
If I disobey you holy word you know
If I fall you know but do I
Do I
I don’t know anymore
I can make it look good on the outside
But on the inside I am rotting
I know you are there, but I don’t turn to you
Can you help me come back to you
Can I be you lamb and you the shepherd
Can you guide me back to the flock with your rod in hand
Can I find you in the darkest days
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ReplyDeleteMr. Scott's lesson on guilt, confession, and repentance really stuck out at me, because it applied directly to me; not only me, but everyone in this world. We are all sinful. When we sin, we try to cover it up in fear of condemnation. That leads to more sin, and once we get caught, there's nothing we can do. That's why we need to admit our sins the moment we do them, so our guilt can leave us.
10.) The one thing that really mattered to me in this unit was the part about repentance. Before I learned about repentance, I didn’t really know what to do after I told God and/or the appropriate people after I had sinned. Since I didn’t have any idea what to do next, I just went on with my everyday life like nothing had happened. Eventually, I would do the sin again with the same results. Now I know how to repent and turn away from the sin and towards God.
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ReplyDeleteThe lesson about David’s sin with Bathsheba meant the most to me because I learned that David made many bad decisions in life which proved that he was not perfect. He tried to cover up his sin with a 3 part plan, but in the long run, he still got caught and was punished. Relevant to the lesson about David’s sin with Bathsheba, the fact that the definitions of confession and repentance were taken into further depths and actions are what mattered to me the most.
God, what do I do when I don't know what to say?
ReplyDeleteI keep hiding my questions away
Do you really want to hear me ask them;
Or do you just want my praise?
Are you really there to help me;
Every moment of every day?
God, are you even listening to me,
Do you hear me anymore?
Does what I say mean anything to you,
Or is it just a bore?
'Cause I feel you just ignore me
When I go and try to worship,
My mind goes blank, my thoughts disappear
I'm just a puzzle piece
That can't connect with you anywhere
Why won't you help me live for you all the time?
I always feels worthless, less useful than a dime
God, are you even listening to me,
Do you hear me anymore?
Does what I say mean anything to you,
Or is it just a bore?
'Cause I feel you just ignore me
10) Living the Gospel: I think that his is sometimes a difficult thing to do because sometimes I think that the world is always about me. I don’t want to help others or serve others; I want them to serve me. It is weird to think that we aren’t willing to do the smallest of tasks for others. Little things for people can help them through a tough day or maybe just make them feel like they had a good day.
ReplyDeleteDear God,
ReplyDeleteWhy do I feel closer to when I sing songs about the Gospel. WHen I speak or hear the Gospel it sounds so genearic and unauthentic. However, when I sing to you I feel like I am actually talking to you about all the glory and praise you deserve. When I sing praise and worship songs sometimes I cry because I see all the things you have brought me through even though I have not always honored you.. Lord, I thank you for all you have done for me and my family.
9) Lord why? Why have you put these people in my life? I'm sinking in my misery. I grew up as a child who got whatever I wanted and now things changed, but my perspective on how to get things hasn't. I expect to do whatever I want, whenever, and get away with it. Now my parents are awful, I can't stand it.I keep telling myself, just five more years and then I'll be my own person, out of the house and into college,and them out of my life. Many things that made me happy have been taken away and it is very angering. I was an accident anyway. My uncle told me and he said I should be nicer to my mom and my sister keeps reminding me what he said, that I could've been dealt with another way. To be honest I wouldn't care if I ended up in another family or dead. I'm not suicidal, I just don't like the way my life is going and all the changes. I don't like being part of a family or a group because then there are that I must follow, I don't like any of the rules and I don't think any of them are reasonable. This may seem like an average teenager problem, but my parents have taken this too, too far. All I want is the things that make me happy and my parents are asking for way too much. I'm not asking for a change in me and already know you wouldn't help me get it all back with my plan, I just needed to get it off my back.
ReplyDeleteTHe unit about David and Bathsheba really stuck with me. It just surprised me that David could do such a thing. David was a honorable, selfless, talented servant to the Lord. Then after becoming king, David became a sinful, selfish, irresponsible creature. This unit really opened up my eyes to how a person could change so much from the smallest increase in money or power. The fact that such a thing could happen really scared me. I do not want to dishonor God like David did. He even dishonored his friends which are some of the most important people in my life.
ReplyDeleteFather, why can’t I speak?
ReplyDeleteWhy can’t I do it?
These lies entangle me, how do I get out? How is it so easy?
Why can’t I tell the truth? Why do I lie to anyone, myself even?
Is it me? Do I not want help? Or am I afraid?
Why can’t I listen?
Don’t I have ears?
Your Word surrounds me, why do I forget?
“Where is my Savior? Does He not hear?” Of course not, He always listens.
Always.
Why don’t I feel?
Do I have a heart? Why does this feeling consume me?
Why am I angry? Why am I scared?
All over something so simple to do.
Why can’t I speak, acknowledge that I listen? Let myself know that I can feel?
Why?
#10
ReplyDeleteA lesson that meant a lot to me was the one that Mr. Scott said was the most important thing he could teach us- and it really is the most important thing. Weirdly enough, when he said that we really have to pay attention ,and that if we were zoning off, to listen, I did not expect to me reminded of what Christ did for us. I feel like I've heard it to much, over an over, that all it is is a reminder. Like someone saying, "Hey Jesus died for our sins", and me just saying "Oh yeah. Thank you, Jesus." But it means so much more than that. Jesus. Died. On a cross. In hell. All of our sins. For 3 days. Not to mention, he was tortured beforehand. Honestly, I can't imagine how everyone single believers' sins all on me would feel. I can't even imagine how all of my sins would feel. But I don't have to. The most pain I've been through is when I broke my leg, or fell off my scooter and got all scratched up, or fell off a golfcart and got a bunch of my teeth knocked out. That's the worse pain I can imagine, considering it's the worse pain I've experienced. I haven't experienced death, or being flogged, or having nails driven through my wrists and feet. I haven't been to hell. But like I said... I won't have to. Jesus did all of that. For me, you, anyone, and everyone. Now that, people, is the definition of love.
Question #9
ReplyDeleteDear God,
Somehing I struggle with is confession. It scares to me to think of having to tell someone else something I did wrong. It's intimidating that they would know what I did and could criticize me. Even telling my closest friends the littlest sin like talking back to my parents scares me so much. I feel like my own scapegoat sometimes because I carry my own sin without confessing. I ask that You help me be strong in confessing my sin and not be so scared.
Anonymous
Question #10
ReplyDeleteThe main lesson during this unit was how almost all of us had something to confess to someone and how we admitted it. The whole confession lesson will stick with me forever. The reason why would probably partially be because we as a grade together said we needed to state the truth about what we had sinned or done wrong against others or against ourselves. We said this as a whole, yet none of us would have said this aloud, pouring our souls/minds out to each other. With our own privacy of remaining nameless, we stated yes or no to the list. Mr. Scott's words then moved me after the poll during his presentation. He spoke of how at least 70% of us needed to confess to someone about how we sinned. 70% is a large group of us. I'm sure after that lesson, that so many of the 8th graders from the class of 2018 got a huge weight just lifted off of their shoulders, and were most likely forgiven for what they had done. Some of us still need to confess, and I include myself, but eventually we know to do the right thing from what the lesson had said.
Question #9
ReplyDeleteDear Lord, this isn't going to be another fancy Psalm like written before, but just a one on one conversation. And in my own hopes, I hope that the conversation continues on both ends. This is basically going to be my confession to you. Lately I've been having so much trouble just trying to like myself in any way possible. If I receive even the slightest compliment, I claim it as a lie and move on. I don't even give it a second thought even if it may be vaguely true. I just don't think of myself as anything special. When I look at myself, I see a stupid, irresponsible girl who does absolutely nothing right. I know that that's not true, but it's like there is a neuron in my brain that sends an impulse to my mouth to deny anything that could possibly help my self-esteem. And another thing, I have so much pain inside, but I'm too scared to let people know. This anonymous blogging thing is really letting me get personal and show my true feelings and suffering. There may be a few who actually know who I am, but I know you do and that's all that should matter to me right now. You should be all that matters at all in my life. This is my confession of not seeing you clearly in my true times of need. This is my confession of me not letting you in. This is my confession of losing sleep of not just goofing off on the computer at night, but hurting to face another day with a part of me missing. That part of me is you. That part is my most needed piece, but I just don't ever turn the light on to look for it in the dark. I am so prideful to the point where it's killing me. I try to do as much as I possibly can by myself without getting help from others because I feel as if they are secretly judging me. I know it's stupid, but I need you to help me realize that I shouldn't care what others think and that the only one I should care about is you. All you, only you. Thank you for being there and loving me.
Question #9
ReplyDeleteDear God,
When I first started going to church it seemed like there was always time. My parents always made time. But now as my life becomes more and more busy, we struggle to find that time again. Sometimes we barely make it, and others we don’t make it at all. More and more often though we don’t make it. Maybe its because I’m older and play more sports, maybe its because we travel more. When we do go though, it is amazing. You never cease to amaze me Lord! I am trying to make more time so I can spend it with you.
Sincerely,
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Question #10
ReplyDeleteThe lesson that mattered to me was learning about confession. I didn’t know much about it, nor that there were multiple steps. I also didn’t know that there had to be a change of heart. I just assumed that you would say you were sorry and wrong, then try to resist the temptation of doing it again. As well as talking about how we could get help, and that we should get help.
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Lord, every night I pray to you to ask for forgiveness. I have always known that I sin, but for some reason I have noticed them more now. I know that if I pray to then you will forgive me, but I have been doubting myself lately and it turns into self pity. I think that if I just focus on the positive and just know that I sin I can get over it. Then I realized that I can't do it by myself. It takes not just me, but You. Lord I thank for forgiving me because you could have just wiped me off the face of the earth a long time ago. I truly mean this when I say it thank you God for everything.
Lord please help me, and comfort me in times of need. I am going through hard times right now since my sister just left for collage. It is sad every night spending dinner without her and feeling lonely when she is not here. I miss her very much so please comfort me wile she's gone.
ReplyDelete10. The lesson that stood out to me the most was Davids sin with Bathsheba. David was a very wise, smart, kind man but he still committed that big sin after he became king. That showed me how sinful humans are and also how a sin can get bigger and bigger. Like how david tried to cover up his sin by killing Uriah. That really surprised me how selfish he acted and how much he went through to cover his sin up.
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ReplyDeleteI like the lessons about the wisdom of Solomon. They are very interesting because you can see that even the wisest man to live still can make horrible mistakes. It helps me see that when I'm not perfect, I'm also not the only one who's imperfect.