In This HomeSample

In This Home, God Is Moulding Us Into Something Beautiful and Useful.

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 (2 Corinthians 5:17)

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All-Things-New Slime

You’ll need:     

• 1 bottle of glue     
• ½ teaspoon baking soda     
• Big squirt contact lens solution (check the ingredients list. It must contains boric acid or sodium borate)     
• Optional: 2-3 cups shaving cream (not gel)      
• Optional: food coloring, glitter, and/or beads

Pour the entire bottle of glue into a bowl and mix in the baking soda and food coloring. If you have shaving cream, add it now. Squirt in your contact solution. If your slime is too sticky, add more solution.  If you’d like, add the optional glitter or beads. 

Isn’t it cool how none of these ingredients were very much alike? But like these ingredients, God makes us a new creation, with a new purpose!

Talk it out:

What do leggings, a park bench, a rug, a dog collar, and a bathing suit have in common?

If you buy the recycled version, each was a very different product. They used to be plastic bottles, cardboard, environmental waste, or mohair and alpaca fur destined for a landfill. 

And recycling is a small picture of what God does for us. The Bible is clear that because we’ve rebelled against God, we are worthy of being destroyed (Matthew 7:13-14). But God has a beautiful purpose for us instead—a future and a hope. 

In fact, 2 Corinthians 5:15 says Jesus, “died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” 

That means our “recycled” purpose is living for God. In fact, part of that new purpose is God appealing to other people through us. He wants them to find forgiveness, purpose, and care through Him (verse 20), and we’re the people He uses to let the world know. 

So it does matter how we live at school, work, or home. We want to “walk in a manner worthy” of Jesus’ sacrifice.Which is worth a lot more than a heap of plastic bottles.

Which are some of the ways God uniquely made each of us? How can we use those for Him? 

The kid who’s great with children can show them God’s kindness and fun. The athlete can honor God rather than Himself and behave with integrity on and off the field.

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