E SUNDAY SCHOOL SAMPLE

E Sunday School June 13, 2010

Mornin’ Wonderful Friend! I will be visiting my daughter Rachel this week and my grandbaby KYLA! I pray for you faithfully and think of you often. I told you about the kick-off of E Sunday School. Here is a sample:

GENESIS 3
Once upon a time, a young lady and her mate lived in Paradise. They wanted for NOTHING! Both loved the Lord, and had daily devotions together. The man was self employed, the gal a housewife. They had no financial, family, or health issues. It was a perfect life.
One day the woman was looking out her kitchen window, and she saw something she really wanted. She wanted it so badly, that she thought and looked, and mused, and thought some more of a way she could get it. She really needed it. She really wanted it. She deserved it. It was right and easy for her to get! Logically it was PERFECT for her. Low and behold her plan worked! Then her husband returned home for the day, the gal jumped up and down, was so proud to show her new possession, & offered to share with him.
BUT, the tale does not end there. To make a long story short, her misplaced zeal eventually cause her to loose her home, her husbands job, and they had to move to a distant place. The couple stayed together, but their marriage was never as fun or sweet as before. They had a few kids, and one of them followed her example of wanting his own way. This son argued with his brother one day. Blood was shed and the brother died.
You probably can guess that the gal we are talking about is our sister Eve, and her blood is still running through our veins. The devil is still out there using the same tempting tricks, trying to get us to make horrible decisions that seem so right. Then we wonder why our marriages are not close, our husbands are discontent, our children run from God and all the while we sit in despair and claim, “I was really trying to do right!”
Let’s look at how the great deceiver tries to trip up us girls, so we can better avoid his awful traps.

1. “I need it!”
You need food & clothing. But you don’t need to go over budget. You don’t need to ‘save’ your husband money on sale items. You don’t need to be in charge.

2. “I deserve it!”
What do you really deserve? Lake of Fire? Once you start thinking, “I work hard, I do all this stuff, I can’t ___________ without_______________,” Satan has you. Then you deserve $$$, affection out side of marriage, material possessions, fame, fortune, and a new car!

3. “It is logical!”
How many times do I have to say, “STOP THINKING”. We are so smart we can justify ANYTHING. Sure it is logical to not tithe. But it is NOT biblical. And once Satan has you in his sights, he will use the same trick over and over. Eve thought her logic trumped God’s Word, and we are doing the same thing today.

4. “It is OK!”
The devil just wants you to do ONE little thing your way rather than God’s way. Just one. Just little. ONE mile over the speed limit is speeding. ONE item that the grocery store charges you less for and you do not say anything is stealing. ONE time you lay out of church is disobedience. ONE penny of tithe you keep is wrong. ONE out- fit that is not modest is not right. We gals get deceived! Here is how you can test YOURSELF to see if you are deceived: Anything, anything, anything, you do say or think that does NOT line up with God’s Word~ and you think it is, “OK“, “God does not mind“, “Nothing will happen“, “Everyone else is doing it“, “I don’t see it“, “I don’t believe it“, “I don’t see it that way“, YOU ARE DECEIVED……………….
Once you are deceived, the devil just keeps heaping more and more deception on you to where you are out of church, out of soul-winning, out of your marriage, out of motherhood, and into a big snare the rest of you life. And that life will be filled to the brim with bitterness, and confusion. All the while you will be like Eve saying, “What happened? I did the best I could”

Take time this week to read Genesis 3. Be aware that there is still someone out there trying to get your thinking wrong, your decisions wrong, and your relationship with God wrong so he can ruin your family.