Broken Chains Youth Ministry Nashville Church of God

Broken Chains Youth Ministry Nashville Church of God This is a page to share and promote events and happenings for our Church Youth and Children's Ministry at Nashville Church of God.

10/27/2014

Girls Night Out - Property CBS - Dick Clark Productions #1 - Top Favorited (This Week) - Music #1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Music #43 - Most Discussed (Thi...

10/27/2014

Matt Maher - Lord, I need you, Album: All the people said amen, Year: 2013 [Lord I need You Lyrics] "Lord, I Need You" Lord, I come, I confess Bowing here I ...

10/20/2014

Lyrics to At The Foot of the Cross

10/19/2014

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Hebrews 5:9)

Once Christ obtained His human perfection, He became the source of eternal life. Eternal life is given to those who obediently accept the gift given to them by God.

09/28/2014

Q:Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?

A:There is no harder question in all of life and theology than this one. And the answer isn't any easier, but let's dive into it.

First, we need to rethink our definitions of "good" and "bad". According to the Bible, there are no truly "good" people. Yes, that sounds harsh, but hold on. Before you click away, remember that "good" does not refer to the nice guy who walks his dog daily, helps old ladies across the street, and serves at the local homeless shelter. When we are talking about "good" in this context, we are referring to righteousness. To be righteous means that you are blameless before God. Strictly speaking, instead of saying, "She is good," it actually would be more accurate to say, "She is less bad."

The Bible is incredibly clear in that there is no one who is righteous before God because we are all tainted by sin from birth. We are completely unable to rid ourselves of that sin without accepting Christ as our Savior. Sin is what He is saving us from. Check out Romans 3:10-18:

"There is none righteous not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside together they have become useless; There is none who does good, there is not even one. Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they keep deceiving, the poison of asps is under their lips; whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood, destruction and misery are in their paths, and the path of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes."
You can also look up Ecclesiastes 7:20, Romans 3:23, and 1 John 1:8 to see more passages that clearly express how there is no one who is naturally righteous or good. That includes you and me. Why is this so important? Because God is unchanging, and He cannot tolerate sin. God literally cannot stand our sinful nature. It's always uncomfortable to say that God cannot do something, but if you think about it, this is a good thing. Do you want God to be able to change His mind? If we had a God who could change His mind, then how could we ever trust His promises?

All of this boils down to one terrifying truth: we deserve Hell. Sounds scary? Well, yes, it is! There is no way around it. There is no sin, no fib, and no bad attitude so small that does not sentence you to that fate. God is a righteous, holy God who cannot tolerate even what we feel is the smallest sin. And this is why the gospel is called the Good News. Christ was the only One who could pay the price for our sin. And He did. And then freely offers us our salvation from what we deserve. All we have to do is receive Him as our Lord and Savior (John 3:16, Romans 6:23, Romans 10:9, Romans 5:8).

Now, let's go back to the original question and tweak it slightly: "Why does God allow bad things to happen?" In the same way that "good" isn't the same to us as it is to God, what seems "bad" to us is not necessarily what is "bad" to God. See, His perspective is so much bigger than ours, and He knows a lot more about the big picture than we do.

We cannot know everything that is inside the mind of God, but what we do know is that God is good (in the definition established above) though our minds cannot fully grasp Him. We live in a fallen world, all of which is touched by sin. But we can rest assured that nothing is outside of God's control. And He knows the whole story from beginning to end and what will happen after the smoke has cleared.

After witnessing an unspeakable tragedy, we're living in the moment. Everything is immediate and urgent and horrible and impossible to understand as we look at the ashes of what's left behind. Why would a loving God would allow these things to happen?

One thing I have found comforting when bad things happen is to stop and realize that everything we are seeing is the now. We do not know how the Lord will use this event to shape the future. And we are left with two choices:

1.Be angry with God for allowing this horror to happen.

2.Follow the instructions in Proverbs 3:5-6, which says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

Being angry (and staying angry) with God will get us nowhere fast. So we must trust in the Lord, know He is in control, and know that no matter how bleak things may seem, nothing can change His goodness, or tear His children away from His gift of salvation and eternal life.

09/05/2014

Healing Is for You

The day of miracles is not past. God is still alive, well, and working just as powerfully as ever amongst those who trust in Him. He says, “I am the Lord, I do not change.”

To heal is a small thing for the God of all creation. If He created the body, He can certainly fix it. He says, “I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”

This is only one of many promises of healing that can be found in the Bible—promises that you can claim as your own and expect Him to fulfill. This is also where your faith for His supernatural healing will come from. Faith comes, it grows, by reading and believing the Word of God. Faith is built on the Word, so read it prayerfully and ask God to strengthen your faith.

God not only can heal you, but He wants to heal you. A l***r once came to Jesus and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Jesus touched the man and said, “I am willing; be cleansed,” and immediately the man’s leprosy was cleansed. He’s more willing to give than we are to receive. All He asks is that we honor Him with faith by believing His promises.



Prayer Power

Prayer is powerful. When we pray, things will happen and things will be different. God will answer prayer. He promises, “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it,” and “No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” You’ve got these and all of the other “exceeding great and precious promises” in the Bible on your side, so when you pray for healing or anything else, bring those promises with you to remind God of His Word. Doing so is a positive declaration of your faith, which pleases Him.

You usually don’t see the blessing—His healing, in this case—the instant you begin praying for it. You have His promises in His Word, but how do you know He’s going to keep them? You’ve got to put those promises to the test. You’ve got to challenge God. He even tells us, “Concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.” So hold Him to His Word. Expect an answer. He has promised it. Put your faith in the Lord. He is bound by His Word, so remind Him of His promises, cling to them, and never doubt for a moment that He is going to answer—and He will. He has to. He wants to. Trust Him.

Jesus says, “Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” All we have to do is believe His promises, pray, and expect Him to answer.



The “test of faith”

One of the greatest of healing factors is faith—knowing that God loves us and is concerned about our health and happiness, and that He is going to take care of us no matter what. But He often tests our faith before He heals us, because He wants to see if we’ll believe His promises and continue to love and trust Him even if we think we may never get healed. Before He honors us with healing, He wants to see if we will honor Him with faith.

Ongoing illnesses are sometimes a severe test, and sad to say, they sometimes end in bitterness, complaining, and even holding a grievance against God because He doesn’t heal the way the person wants Him to or thinks He should. “God doesn’t love me! He doesn’t care, because He won’t heal me.” That sort of reaction is the opposite of faith, and “without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

God can and wants to heal us, but we must first make the decision that we want what He wants and knows is best for us, without reservations. We must also do our part by first correcting any physical or spiritual problems that may be contributing factors. Then we can pray and trust God for our healing, and we’re bound to get results.

–

Matthew 4:23 NIV Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 17:14 NIV When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.

Luke 8:26 NIV They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.

09/03/2014

Touching Jesus

A retelling of Luke 8:43-48

One day Jesus was on His way to the house of a man whose daughter was gravely ill. As usual, a crowd followed and pressed around Him. In the midst of the throng was a woman who had been sick for 12 years with a constant flow of blood. All that time she had gone from one doctor to another, but without success. She had spent every bit of her money on doctors and had suffered much from their treatments, yet the bleeding continued.

Desperate, the woman thought, Oh, if I could touch Jesus, I know I would be healed!
Then, seeing Jesus afar off, she anxiously made her way toward Him. It wasn’t easy to get through the pushing, shoving mob of onlookers who were all trying to get as close to Jesus as they could, but she was driven by that thought. She just had to touch Him!

Finally she came within reach, stretched out her hand, and was able to barely touch the edge of His robe with her fingertips. Immediately the bleeding that had plagued her for so long stopped completely. A warm and wonderful feeling of health and well-being swept through her body. She knew that she was healed at last!

Jesus paused for a moment. He had felt healing power pass from Him. Turning to the crowd He asked, “Who touched Me?”

“With this crowd pressing around You,” His disciples replied, “You ask who touched You?”

But Jesus already knew who had touched Him. He turned to the astonished woman.

Still trembling with the realization of what had happened, she fell at His feet and told Him her story.

“Your faith has made you whole,” He told her. “Go in peace and be healed of your disease.” Touching His clothes hadn’t made her whole—her faith had.

That woman had put her little bit of faith into action, and the result has echoed down through the centuries: “Yourfaith has made you whole!”

There were probably several hundred people in that crowd, and surely many others also needed healing. What set this woman apart from them was that she believed with all her heart that Jesus could help her when all else had failed, so she acted on her faith. And the instant she made contact with Him, she was wonderfully healed.

“If I could touch Jesus, I know I would be healed!”

–

Matthew 20:25 NIV Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

Matthew 20:29 NIV [Two Blind Men Receive Sight] [20:29-34pp -- Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:35-43] As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

Matthew 20:30 NIV Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

Just a reminder that Nashville church of God Youth will be having a fundraiser Saturday August 30th from 11-9!! Thanks i...
08/27/2014

Just a reminder that Nashville church of God Youth will be having a fundraiser Saturday August 30th from 11-9!! Thanks in advance for your support!! Everyone please share on your page.

08/13/2014

Come out Saturday August 30th from 11-9 at CiCi's Pizza Nashville Church of God Youth will be there raising money to go toward our trip September 5-7 to Night of Joy in Orlando.. Hope to see you there!!🍕🍕😄

07/27/2014

Lifesaving Words

Bright sunlight streamed through my window as I pulled back the bed covers, not suspecting that an unforgettable day was about to unfold. I whispered a prayer, asking Jesus’ blessing on the abdominal CT scan I was scheduled to have that morning. I also asked Him if there was anything He wanted to tell me about the day ahead, and I heard His familiar voice in my mind. “I will fight for you. I will face each challenge with you.”

Those words were assuring, but also puzzling. Due to a mysterious digestive disorder, I had already been examined by nearly a dozen doctors in the past year and had undergone as many medical tests. None of the tests had been particularly challenging. Why would a routine CT scan be any different?

At the hospital later that morning, in order to get a clear image, a nurse injected me with a contrast agent, or dye, then stepped out of the room to avoid radiation from the CT machine. About halfway through the scan, the fluid entered my bloodstream. Searing pain tore through my body. Immense pressure gripped my lungs. I gasped for breath. I tried to scream, but my throat had closed so tightly I could barely get out a whisper.

The pain intensified second by second. My senses reeled, and my neck and face swelled. I could barely open my eyes. My sinuses tightened with unbearable pain. I had no idea what was happening. I tried to keep calm. It would pass, I told myself over and over.

This was an allergic reaction to the dye, I would find out later—a potentially life-threatening complication that can occur in asthma sufferers like me. Apparently my asthmatic condition had been overlooked when the hospital planned my CT scan.

Finally the scan was over and the nurse returned. I stumbled to my feet, coughing uncontrollably. My swollen face and neck were covered with red spots. The nurse realized something was seriously wrong, helped me onto a nearby bed, and summoned a doctor. When he asked me where I was hurting, I couldn’t move my jaw to tell him. “Get her to the emergency room immediately!” he ordered. “This is very serious!”

A doctor at the emergency unit examined me and passed his findings on to my dad, who was there at the hospital with me. “Her heartbeat is faint, her blood pressure is falling rapidly, and very little oxygen is passing through her lungs. She is in toxic shock.”

Dad phoned family and friends and asked them to pray for me. He squeezed my hand, and I saw desperation in his eyes. The doctor’s unspoken conclusion hit me: he didn’t know if I would make it.

Nurses rushed to hook me to a respirator and administer injections to counter the toxin. “Breathe!” they urged. I struggled desperately, but felt myself slipping into darkness—a silent, painless, overwhelming darkness.

Suddenly Jesus’ words came back to me. “I will fight for you. I will face each challenge with you.” Strength and determination that could have come only from Him pulled me from the darkness. I fought to open my eyes and take another breath.

The pain reached an unbearable new high. Convulsions shook my limbs. I couldn’t think, much less pray. A second wave of numbing darkness swept over me. Powerless to drive it back, I felt myself fading.

Again Jesus’ lifesaving words came to me. “I will fight for you. I will face each challenge with you.”

Clinging to those words, I found strength to keep fighting, to keep breathing.

Two intense hours later, I was out of danger. I had survived!

As Dad led me out of the hospital and into bright sunlight, I was still a bit dazed, but my heart overflowed with gratitude and joy. Jesus had saved my life! He truly is, as the Bible says, “the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

I am so glad that I took time that morning to ask Him to speak to me. It had seemed like such a small thing, almost an inconvenience, but the few words He spoke to me became my lifesaver.

John 10:27 ESV - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

1 Peter 1:25 ESV - But the word of the Lord remains forever. And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 John 1:1 ESV – That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.
reserved.

Address

Nashville, GA

Opening Hours

Wednesday 7pm - 8:30pm
Sunday 10:30am - 2pm

Telephone

(229) 686-9651

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Broken Chains Youth Ministry Nashville Church of God posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share