Remember The Obama Challenge

This past Sunday, I taught through Matthew 16 during CRAVE. The chapter ends with this:

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

The immediate question that comes from this statement is, "How?" One way is obedience to Scripture, specifically what Jesus has to say about specific subjects.

To bring this closer to home and take a step to pick our cross, I'm challenging my CRAVE class to take a moment and write down their thoughts about the upcoming Obama presidency and then see what the Bible / Jesus has to say about governmental authority and how we are to live in accordance with it. Then I'm challenging my CRAVE students to bring in their thoughts and the Scripture they've found in this Sunday and we'll talk about it.

So, take a moment and write down any and all thoughts you have about Obama's presidency. Stop and then pray saying something like, "Holy Spirit, show me how Jesus wants me to live in response to this." Then search your Bible and write down any verses that are revealed to you and bring them in Sunday.