BASIC 10/3/12

What we covered this week:
This week, we talked about the first 6 verses of the book of James.  The themes we highlighted were the need for perseverance in the Christian life, and the ability we have to ask God for wisdom when we need it.
James tells us we should be joyful even when we go through trials in life.  Christians must continue to trust in God even when our life is hard and we are faced with different challenges or trials because it is in these times in life we will develop perseverance.  Only when we have developed this perseverance can we be "mature and complete, not lacking anything".
Also, James tells us that if we lack wisdom, God will give it to us if we ask with faith.  Wisdom is more than just knowledge, but it will help us understand more about God's love for us and our love for him.

What we will cover next week:
The goal for next week is to continue working through James starting where we left off.  The major theme we will focus on are trying to reorient ourselves in how we define success.  Often times, the world encourages us to be successful by making a lot of money, being famous, etc.  James on the other hand says that "the rich man will fade away like a wild flower."  We need to reorient ourselves to make our number one focus on Loving God and loving others as ourselves.

Announcements:
BASIC members are encouraged to bring their own Bible each week.  If they do not have one, they can tell any of the adults at our weekly meeting and we will find them a Bible to keep.

I will try to have the Hall unlocked each week by 6:50 PM, and I will have it locked up again by 8:20 PM.  We want kids to feel free to come early or stay late to get out some energy, but these are the general times we will work within.

Prayer Requests:
Last night, we spent time taking prayer requests from the youth.  This is a list of some of their requests:
-Safety concerning the escaped fugitives
-Healing for Spencer Meyer
-Prayers for comfort for Grace's family as her mother recently passed away
-Healing for teammates and friends with sports injuries
-For Gerrit's grandpa
-Healing for Chance's mother
-Healing for a friend of Becca's dealing with Anorexia