WOW wk13, 5/30/2010, G4/G5 Class

Hi parents,

Here we are - warp-up of this quarter; I've been enjoying the time spent at the class with all the boys and girls participating to learn God's words.

Keep impressing your child's mind with HIS words as Psalms/詩篇 34:11 has this,
"我要將敬畏耶和華的道、教訓你們。"

Class theme: 以弗所書 (Ephesians) 1:15 to 2:10
Center Of the message: 你們得救是本乎恩、也因著信、這並不是出於自己、乃是　神所賜的.
(For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."

To celebrate the quarterly achievement and summer break (yeh-yeh), let's have some sweet treat for each student - 'casue they've been participating attentively!!

Matter of face, each student gets a brown bag - inside the bad, there are different goodies. :)

Let's begin with reading the verses:
So this is basically the message for salvation - not by your hard-work, but it's grace, the gift of God, that you have been saved.

Also talked about the points on Power:
Eph 1:19, "知道他向我們這信的人所顯的能力、是何等浩大、" (That power is like the working of his mighty strength,)

To further impress on the POWER concept, we tried a (fun) game - see below;

Racing game - One life, where are you heading?

Each team gets to pick 2 hot-wheel cars - the rule is to race them from one end of the table down to the other end without tipping over the table (that means ... you lose, if you did).

The team whose cars travel the longest distance (from one end to the other end of the table) win!

Well... you get to manually push (or "drive") the car - imagine how much push it would need? how well you control car's direction? The tough part comes in when you need to avoid hitting another car that went ahead of you and did not tip over the table.

Naturally, we often rely upon our own strength, smartness, intelligence, resources($money$), etc, to go about our daily living.

The focal point is to bring out the point of trusting in Christ and relying on His power in everything we do as we live this life on earth.

No matter how hard (work) you tried, the salvation cannot be learned - but rather it is by grace...

你們得救是本乎恩、也因著信、這並不是出於自己、乃是　神所賜的!

Have some MUSIC!
One of my favorite hymn - Amazing Grace. I found an Acappella at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcWX9VQW-M

Lyrics:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now am found.
Was blind, but now I see.

What a life-changing difference it is - (Lost vs. Found, Blind vs. See)!

OK, it's been a humbling journey - and I wish you'all a safe and meaningful memorial weekend and Summer break.

Memory Verse:
以弗所書 2:8-9,
8- 你們得救是本乎恩、也因著信、這並不是出於自己、乃是　神所賜的．
9- 也不是出於行為、免得有人自誇。

See you at PCAC!

KLUP!
-Sam

http://www.pcactexas.org/