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Do You Love Him?

“Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware that none of you be found to have fallen short.” Hebrews 4:1 (CSB)

God keeps his promises, and the promise of rest remains. Hebrews chapters two through four are difficult chapters for people who believe in eternal security and predestined election. They are filled with warnings that we don’t come up short, or drift away, or turn away. Look at the warnings in Hebrews 2:1, 3:12, and 4:1. Just because we heard God’s voice and believed it yesterday doesn’t mean we are believing it today. As long as we have today, though, the promise to enter God’s rest remains.

This should not invoke fear in us, it should rather call us to reflect on how we are doing daily at both hearing God’s voice and being obedient to it. February is the month we often think of romantic love because of Valentine's Day. This should be a great month to reconsider our first love, Jesus Christ. He showed us He is crazy about us.

Not many people have memorized all the verses of the old hymn, “Jesus loves me,” but a later verse sings:

“Do you love Him? Does He know? Have you ever told Him so? Jesus loves to hear us say, that we love Him every day; Yes Jesus loves me…

Will you be crazy enough about Him to make sure you spend time with Him every day this month?

In Christ,

Jeremiah Holcomb

Hello Maple View family, what a month January was for MV Teens. Snow and cold weather put a damper on a lot of activities to start the month, but it couldn’t keep us from TCTC. The Teens had a great time and grew so much in their fellowship and faith, while learning more about apologetics from Tim “Mr. B” Barnett, the founder of Red Pen Logic.

The week after TCTC the MV Teens took on the Young Adults Sunday night class in Nerf Wars Episode 1 (the Star Wars fans will know that means there will be more Nerf Wars). And this event had over 30 teens show up for an epic battle and to hear about Judgement from the Sermon on the Mount.

February will continue to be a month of growth as “Formation Students” returns on February 23rd, and we will wrap up our series on the Sermon on the Mount in February as well. We have also begun going over Apologetics in Sunday School with a series by Matt Chandler, and have brought Small Groups to Wednesday night as we go through the book of Mark.

It’s an exciting time in MV Teens, and we are looking forward to more exciting times and events in the upcoming months. In March we will begin going over the Fruit of the Spirit on Sunday Nights and learn more about love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

We thank you all for your continued support and for trusting your kids with us. We look forward to continuing to work with you, the parents and guardians, and key disciple makers of your children.

Sincerely,

Eric Vance, Associate Minister of Youth