16th July, 2014
By: Brother Khrystus V. K. Wallace, Senior Shepherd, Dare 2 Be Different International Victory Centre
Tonight at our Dare 2 Be Different International Victory Centre - www.daretobedifferentskn.com Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, I taught our following about Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee.
In closing the study before going into our prayer meeting, I told them that once we TRUST IN GOD and accept Him as personal Lord and Savior of our lives, have faith, stay positive, do right and do good, that we too would be able to do even greater things.
As proof of that, I used John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
I then opened the the floor for questions. Let me tell you something global following. The world seems to be growing a generation of THINKING YOUNG PEOPLE. Not because they are silent, they are thinking.
A chap around nine or ten years old stuck his hand up into the air and asked, "Brother Khrystus, If You Find Money, Is That a Miracle?"
This is our first week into our I KNOW WHO I AM SUMMER CAMP 2014. A Spanish child from Basseterre attending my camp, around 9 or 10 years, waited for me alone and came by my ear and silently asked. Mr - Is GOD FOR REAL? - That is another article all by itself though as he has a whole other thinking I guess from his upbringing and to hear me keeping devotions and constantly talking about GOD and how he wants the best for them and to hear us pray before lunch each day is STRANGE. He probably wanted to ask someone this long ago because I know he probably hears a lot about God in school, but never really got so close to an ADULT whom he trusted and I met him for the first this week. (But that may be a future article. THE POINT - YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BURNING QUESTIONS)
Let's get back to the article.
I've gotten the IF YOU FIND MONEY question many times in my life before from young people, BUT NOW ADDING THE MIRACLE PART WITH IT forced me to be VERY - VERY - VERY CAREFUL with my words.
As I usually teach, I always encourage the youth to do what is right when they find money and report it to their parents or some older person in authority or tell the POLICE. I told them just that and I said, I don't think finding MONEY IS A MIRACLE.
The problem with trying to TRAIN YOUTH MINDS ONE WAY, is that ADULTS ARE SOMETIMES AROUND OR WHEN THE RETURN HOME, their parents/guardians teach otherwise.
An adult in church tonight interjected and said, "What if things tight and I've been praying and praying and praying to GOD for a breakthrough and for some money and I FIND SOME MONEY sometime after, isn't that a miracle and answer to my prayers?"
The youth all looked back and watched the individual for a while and then they turned around to watch me. GOSH! They wanted to see WHAT BROTHER KHRYSTUS WAS GOING TO SAY TO THAT ONE. I honestly wished the person never asked that, but I was happy they asked it too, so the youth could get my answer.
I said, "You know, God does work in mysterious ways, but his ways are always PERFECT and HIS MIRACLES are always CLEAN - FREE - CLEAR every time."
Youth don't want answers like that though! They only like taking YES or NO, so I know I had to give a YES or NO answer. Therefore I had to explicitly state there that - FINDING MONEY ISN'T A MIRACLE!
I countered the question and asked the adult, "Suppose you just got your week's pay of $200 and lost it. Wouldn't you like the person who found it to return it to you or probably report it to the POLICE so they can try to find out who it belongs to so you can it back?"
They responded, "Get real Mr. Wallace! You and I know that POLICE DOES TIEF THE MONEY. When people carry money into the station to say they found it, that's the end of that story. They don't make it public and try to see who the money really belong to. The police who takes it probably pockets it or if it reaches to his / her senior, they just take the money and carry their family out for dinner. That is what is going on in St. Kitts and Nevis in the force."
The youths watched me again. I really didn't want to continue with the back and forth and confuse the youths anymore. I said, "This is becoming quite a healthy discussion and we don't want to lose focus on our WONDERFUL MIRACLE DISCUSSION we had tonight. I would still emphasize that we do the right thing and REPORT LOST MONIES AS ONE NEVER KNOWS IF A CHARGE CAN BE LAID AGAINST THEM IF THEY ARE CAUGHT WITH IT, but we can plan for a future discussion or debate and invite some folks from the police, government, the church, the ghetto and others for them to air their views." I ENDED THAT THERE AND DIDN'T ENTERTAIN ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE OUR PRAYER MEETING.
That would definitely be an interesting discussion in the future. Let me ask you what the lad asked me. How would you have answered his question?
"Brother Khrystus, If You Find Money, Is That a Miracle?"
By: Brother Khrystus V. K. Wallace, Senior Shepherd, Dare 2 Be Different International Victory Centre
Tonight at our Dare 2 Be Different International Victory Centre - www.daretobedifferentskn.com Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, I taught our following about Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee.
In closing the study before going into our prayer meeting, I told them that once we TRUST IN GOD and accept Him as personal Lord and Savior of our lives, have faith, stay positive, do right and do good, that we too would be able to do even greater things.
As proof of that, I used John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
I then opened the the floor for questions. Let me tell you something global following. The world seems to be growing a generation of THINKING YOUNG PEOPLE. Not because they are silent, they are thinking.
A chap around nine or ten years old stuck his hand up into the air and asked, "Brother Khrystus, If You Find Money, Is That a Miracle?"
This is our first week into our I KNOW WHO I AM SUMMER CAMP 2014. A Spanish child from Basseterre attending my camp, around 9 or 10 years, waited for me alone and came by my ear and silently asked. Mr - Is GOD FOR REAL? - That is another article all by itself though as he has a whole other thinking I guess from his upbringing and to hear me keeping devotions and constantly talking about GOD and how he wants the best for them and to hear us pray before lunch each day is STRANGE. He probably wanted to ask someone this long ago because I know he probably hears a lot about God in school, but never really got so close to an ADULT whom he trusted and I met him for the first this week. (But that may be a future article. THE POINT - YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BURNING QUESTIONS)
Let's get back to the article.
I've gotten the IF YOU FIND MONEY question many times in my life before from young people, BUT NOW ADDING THE MIRACLE PART WITH IT forced me to be VERY - VERY - VERY CAREFUL with my words.
As I usually teach, I always encourage the youth to do what is right when they find money and report it to their parents or some older person in authority or tell the POLICE. I told them just that and I said, I don't think finding MONEY IS A MIRACLE.
The problem with trying to TRAIN YOUTH MINDS ONE WAY, is that ADULTS ARE SOMETIMES AROUND OR WHEN THE RETURN HOME, their parents/guardians teach otherwise.
An adult in church tonight interjected and said, "What if things tight and I've been praying and praying and praying to GOD for a breakthrough and for some money and I FIND SOME MONEY sometime after, isn't that a miracle and answer to my prayers?"
The youth all looked back and watched the individual for a while and then they turned around to watch me. GOSH! They wanted to see WHAT BROTHER KHRYSTUS WAS GOING TO SAY TO THAT ONE. I honestly wished the person never asked that, but I was happy they asked it too, so the youth could get my answer.
I said, "You know, God does work in mysterious ways, but his ways are always PERFECT and HIS MIRACLES are always CLEAN - FREE - CLEAR every time."
Youth don't want answers like that though! They only like taking YES or NO, so I know I had to give a YES or NO answer. Therefore I had to explicitly state there that - FINDING MONEY ISN'T A MIRACLE!
I countered the question and asked the adult, "Suppose you just got your week's pay of $200 and lost it. Wouldn't you like the person who found it to return it to you or probably report it to the POLICE so they can try to find out who it belongs to so you can it back?"
They responded, "Get real Mr. Wallace! You and I know that POLICE DOES TIEF THE MONEY. When people carry money into the station to say they found it, that's the end of that story. They don't make it public and try to see who the money really belong to. The police who takes it probably pockets it or if it reaches to his / her senior, they just take the money and carry their family out for dinner. That is what is going on in St. Kitts and Nevis in the force."
The youths watched me again. I really didn't want to continue with the back and forth and confuse the youths anymore. I said, "This is becoming quite a healthy discussion and we don't want to lose focus on our WONDERFUL MIRACLE DISCUSSION we had tonight. I would still emphasize that we do the right thing and REPORT LOST MONIES AS ONE NEVER KNOWS IF A CHARGE CAN BE LAID AGAINST THEM IF THEY ARE CAUGHT WITH IT, but we can plan for a future discussion or debate and invite some folks from the police, government, the church, the ghetto and others for them to air their views." I ENDED THAT THERE AND DIDN'T ENTERTAIN ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE OUR PRAYER MEETING.
That would definitely be an interesting discussion in the future. Let me ask you what the lad asked me. How would you have answered his question?
"Brother Khrystus, If You Find Money, Is That a Miracle?"
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