This was my last week of officially teaching. This week we talked about Psalm 24, "Who can ascend to the hill of the Lord? He who has clean hands and a pure heart." and Psalm 15 "Who can dwell in the tabernacle of the Lord?" and Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." All of those were about being with the Lord and the only way is to be pure. Next we studied Psalm 119:9-11 "How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to Your Word." and Revelation 19:13 which explains that Jesus is the Word of God.

All of this plus several more verses that I don't remember off the top of my head (my notes are downstairs and I am upstairs) basically drove home the point that its not about purity, its not about sex, its not even about what they have already done. My heart's prayer is that these youth will make a decision for Jesus and want nothing hindering their relationship with Him. When we aspire to that we will be reaching for a glorious goal! Intimacy with Jesus!

It was an awesome time! I had a lot of fun teaching this one. We talked a lot about the previous lessons, tying them together. We tied in physical purity a lot.

Next week we will be going over the steps of intimacy and handing out pledge cards. We will also be having a marriage panel. Keep it in prayer.

Oh yeah, one more week and I get to watch Lost!!!