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I hope they feel this way about GSM

I was reading this over on Kem's blog regarding our church tackling tough issues and it made me hope that even though some of them may not know how to express this elequently, I pray that they will feel this way about our Elephant in the Room Series we're in right now.

Our Elephant in the Room Week-to-Week Breakdown:

Middle School:

1. Life Hurts and Pain has your address.
2. There's a devil and he hates you.
3. You need to honor & obey your parents.
4. Word's hurt you! Even if you won't act like they do.

High School:

1. Temptations knocking on your door.
2. God stays with you but not like you think.
3. What you're getting drunk on matters.
4. Gossip is really a sign of your own insecurity.

Here's Kem's words that I hope are echo'd in the hearts of our students:

"...I'm glad my church is not afraid to tackle "un-touchable" topics head-on. If they didn't, I'd have the luxury of living in destructive denial with my head in the sand. Instead, they bring up what's buried and agitate me. And, as a result, I'm forced to wrestle with some tough topics to find out what I'm truly made of.

It's not about money. It's about my heart. And, sometimes, God uses my money to show me areas of my heart that could be healed. Am I self-aware or am I defensive? Am I curious or am I mad?"