The 3 G's
I'll never forget the words a missionary spoke to a group of eager, young christian men, which I attended when I was the age of most of the youth group.
He said, "Beware of your appetite for the three G's! The appetite for these three G's are the # 1 things which have brought many leaders down in all of history, including today."
Of course we wanted to know what the three G's were.
He said, "The appetite for Gold, Glory, and Girls, are the most common appetites which have veared leader's and potential leader's focus of knowing and doing God's will.
I don't know what value this has on our youth group's blog site, seeing that the youth group is made up of mostly girls.
Can you come up with three appetites which girls can be aware of???
How about, the three M's... Money, Make up, Mates... (Deans)
three P's.... Popularity, Prosperity, Pigs or commonly know as boys (shannon)
three F's.... Fame, Fortune, Friends (shan for 2)
On a more serious note, it is interesting to see that Gold, Glory, and Girls are all good things which God has and does share with His people. Every good appetite and every good thing that God has created is a blessing. They become the very things which trip us up, if we do not worship and obey the Giver of these gifts. We must always keep these gifts in submission to God.
What do you think?
12 Comments:
What about Boys, Beauty, and Buddies?
Nice Vik... :)
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Kevin
Coolness, clothes, cars (ones with hot guys driving them) WHOO WHOO!
how bout 3 L's?? loveliness, lipgloss and love:P lipgloss haha!
i so agree with u guys mel and heather lol:P;) HAHAHAHA!
So if a female were to be obsessed with Gold (for instance), would that be considered a double fault (or double sin) of not only focussing on an idol but on a "masculine" idol?
I have trouble with such generalizations, especially if we do not make it clear that we can speak only of our own culture, not universally (unless someone has data to support such a claim).
2nd point re: reppepper
Using the same logic...
When Paul said, "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
... would be considered "such a" "generalization" of which... you have "trouble with". Or if not, was Paul the only one free to make blanket generalizations without hard data to back?
I think whether I do or do not like the language style or delivery format used by an individual. We can listen to the spirit of what is being delivered, and discern if it is truth or not.
Some people listen to children's thoughts and wait with anticipation to hear what insight they may have.
Some people listen to children's thoughts and wait with anticipation to laugh at how "they just don't get it".
I prefer the first.
1 John 2:15
15 Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. Because everything that belongs to the world-- 16
the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride in one's lifestyle--
is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God's will remains forever.
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Good points everyone! It is good to learn from each other on how we can hear the heart of God. It is also good to learn how to share what we are learning in a way that does not distract from the message we are trying to share.
Kevin
Colleen and Kristy say "a degree, a dude, and dollars". Not necessarily in that order.
(DUDES, not duds, please)
:) Ha Ha...
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