WEDNESDAY, July 16th, 2008

It Is Wednesday! Make sure that you do not miss out on the Wednesday Night Youth Service TONIGHT! As Always, we have a great night planned for you! Bring a Friend!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Rachel: What are you talking about??: "Pastor Lee has no "E's" ?!?!
Grace: Good to see you on here girl! What in the world is MyPraize??
Jeff: My only suggestion is that you better be back at church Sunday Night! And you better bring everyone from the party to church as well! Then we can all go out somewhere afterwards!
Lucy: I am glad it is so good to be back on here! We have missed you!
Amy: Hey Girl!! Long time no see! So are you planning on joining us at the wilds?? I hope you can! It will be lots of fun! (But you already know that)
2 Cents: I am on your tracks, I have you down to three people. I know that you are one of the three people, and I have an inclination to one of them... But we shall see! I am not too worried about my camp deadline! I am sniffing your tracks like a bloodhound that eats pancakes.
Jessica M: How Cool! One Week Away! Are you nervous about turning 13? Sorry! I had to! :)
Mallory: I am glad I have your sneaky suspicions on my side of this whole mystery... Your guess is one of my three! ;)
Jonathan: I must agree with Jon Massey! If you are not coming tonight then you are going TO MISS OUT!!

John 14:1-6

1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

So Jesus continues talking to his followers at the last supper. I think it is interesting that Jesus waited until after Judas, the betrayer, had left before He really got into the deep truths that He wanted sharing with them. But that is not the best part of this passage. It is so great because they all just finished talking about How Jesus is leaving to go somewhere... They dont have a clue where He is going.

Jesus tells them that they do not need to worry, because if they believe in Him then they are on their way to be with Him. Jesus explains it in his next phrase... In my fathers house are many mansions, I go to prepare one of them for you.

It is very clear that Jesus was leaving to go get things ready for His followers... (by the way that would be us too!)

Jesus tells them that they know how to get where He is going, but they say... NO WE DON'T!!
Then in the last verse Jesus explains to them that the way to get to Heaven is to believe that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life!!!

Jesus is the only way that we can get to Heaven as well, we must believe and confess that Jesus is the only one who can pay for our sins.