Bellevue Bright Lights: Standing Alone

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Standing Alone

Welcome 2014...may the Lord continue to bless us and keep us and provide all that we need to grow in our faith, hope, and most importantly, love for Him and one another! We kicked off the new year with our first meeting, and the last meeting of Set 4 materials. The topic was...Standing Alone.

Set Four Meeting Seven – Standing Alone

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Illustrations:

Jonathan and his armor bearer (1 Samuel 14)

Daniel and his friends (Daniel 3)

Peter’s denial (Matt. 26)

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

Sword Drill:

Joshua 1:9

Acts 5:19-21

Romans 1:16

Luke 9:26

Main Concepts to Stress:

In order to apply all these lessons in Set 4 (Holiness, Discernment, Our Words, Friends, Polluting Influences, Courtship…), we must be willing to stand alone. Friends and those around us may think we’re strange, laugh at us, pressure us to do things the world’s way, or misunderstand our decisions. It will require strength, courage and boldness to follow God’s ways.

Many, many people take the broad path, but only a few are willing to take the narrow road. If we are seeking to do things God’s way rather than man’s way, we can expect to be different, lonely, persecuted, and misunderstood. This will be difficult. It will require faith. But we are seeking God’s rewards not man’s – and the rewards will be worth it. Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”

Activities

Craft / Ministry opp (writing bday cards for the amazing Miss Anna Kirk, without whom Bellevue Bright Lights would never have been started!)

Teatime - a HUGE thank you to our own lovely Vanessa for the donation of the beautiful new teacups!!! :)

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What is a Bright Light?

It is a girl who has given her life to Jesus Christ, trusting in Him alone for salvation and for the grace to live each day according to His will. It is a girl who knows how to respond "just right" to people and circumstances, demonstrating godliness in her actions and attitudes. It is a girl who has Biblical convictions and commitments (holiness), and is able to go through her teenage years strong for the Lord without stumbling as many do. It is a girl who touches the lives of others by her servant’s spirit, her radiant countenance, and the message of eternal life through Jesus Christ (testimony). God wants bright lights! There is a great need for more of them in this generation of darkness.

What does a typical meeting look like?

What is a Typical Meeting Like? If you were to attend a Bright Lights meeting, what would it be like? At each meeting the leader shares a lesson covering important topics that are essential for girls in order for them to be strong for the Lord in their youth, such as:

Developing a Close Relationship with Parents
Gaining a Clear Conscience
Spending Time in God’s Word Everyday
Keeping Yourself Pure from Polluting Influences
Accepting the Way God Created You
Choosing Wise Friends
Contentment
Sensitivity
Humility
Self-control

The lesson is reinforced by testimonies from older girls in the group. At Bright Lights meetings, we also enjoy singing, fellowshipping with likeminded young ladies, listening to biographies of great Christians from history, preparing for future ministry opportunities, enjoying other activities together, and snacks (often with tea in china tea cups).

Each girl receives a Bright Lights binder that she brings with her to the meetings each week. After each lesson, she receives a new handout to add to her binder. The Bright Lights curriculum is organized into eight sets which you can view here.

Statement of Faith

1. Everyone has sinned and broken God’s laws. Because the penalty for sin is death, each of us deserve to spend eternity in hell in separation from God. We are totally incapable of achieving heaven on our own. There is no way we can be good enough to attain forgiveness from sin or achieve eternal life by our own works.
2. God so loved the world that He gave His only son, Jesus Christ, to rescue us from our sin. Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day. He paid the penalty for our sin and took the punishment that we deserved.
3. Forgiveness and the free gift of eternal life is offered to anyone who will repent of their sin, and believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Redemption is wholly by the blood of Christ, and salvation is by grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4. The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, and the final authority for our lives. It is literal, historical, and infallible.
5. There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
6. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God, born of a virgin, sinlessly perfect. His sacrifice is substitutionary and representative. He rose bodily from the dead and ascended to His Father’s right hand, where He now ministers as our Great High Priest.
7. Jesus Christ is coming again to rapture His church, and subsequently to return and reign over the earth.
8. God created the universe ex nihilo (out of nothing) by His spoken word in six literal days as the Bible states.
9. There will be a resurrection of both the saved and the lost to either eternal life or eternal judgment.
10. A true child of God who is justified by the blood of Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit is safe and exempt from God’s judgment and thus secure for eternity.