We did this at our church this past weekend. It was so powerful. I’ll have the one from our church up when I get it. Isn’t it amazing what God can do in one person’s life? Wow… gets me so excited to touch a generation of people for the Kingdom!

We’re wrapping up a series at Rev called Going all the Way. This past Wednesday as well as the weekend we had the Rev staff and 2 of our leaders answer students questions on sex, dating, and the single life. Here are some of the best questions we got:

1. How much does a kiss mean to you?
2. Is it ok for gays to have parades or whatever according to God?
3. How far is too far?
4. How do you know when you’ve found “the one”
5. How do you tell someone you don’t love them when they tell you they love you?
6. Is masturbation ok?
7. How sacred is marriage? If it’s so sacred how did it get so demoralized in our culture? What is God’s view of marriage?
8. Where do we need to get our love? Not the dating kind, but the kind where you know who you are and than you’re loved and that we’re important…and how?
9. What sort of situations should you avoid being in with the opposite sex?
10. How do I get over the brokenness of breaking off a bad relationship?
11. My entire family has never abstained from sex before marriage. How do I keep myself pure when I’m surrounded by that negative influence?
12. Is sex before marriage ok if you’ve been together a long time or if you’re engaged (you know you’ll be with them the rest of your life.)
13. What do you do if you have a bf/gf and your parents don’t know about it?
14. Is it possible for relationships that aren’t God-centered to survive? How does our society do it?
15. What are some specific standards and boundaries in your relationships with others of the opposite sex?
16. What if one of your friends cheated on their bf/gf… what do you do?
17. What is the difference/line between infatuation and real love?
18. What do you do if your parents are encouraging you to wear make up and date the “right” guys for your reputation?
19. How do you get over a broken heart?
20. Where do you see most people “miss it” when it comes to dating?
21. What if I’ve had sex with my bf/gf and can’t stop… I know it’s wrong, but it’s so hard. What can I do?
22. What if I’m in a relationship I know I shouldn’t be in, but I’m afraid to break it off?

Some great questions and there were many more… these were students 12-18 years old… it’s cool to see they’re interested in what God has to say on these subjects! The podcasts should be up soon if you’d like to listen…

Alright so for me… this has been an insane week. Have you ever had one of those? A week where your entire foundation gets rocked? If I had to pinpoint something that God taught me throughout the week it would be this:

When troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is full developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing! -James 1:2-4

I think whenever “storms” come our way it really shows us where we are in our walk with God. It shows us if we’ve grown, if we’re stagnant, or if we’ve backed away from Him. I think of the quote, “Tomorrow is the scorecard (report card) of how you handled today.” If you’ve been putting the Word of God in your heart… it’ll show… if you haven’t…the storms of life will overwhelm you.

As for the rest of my week:

• Ben Rath had an incredible message at 19 North – PLEASE LISTEN TO IT!

• We has a sex, dating, and the single life Question and Answer at Rev both on Wednesday and the weekend. Good times! We had tons of great questions!

• If you haven’t listened to this message yet – DO IT RIGHT NOW!

• Click here to check out all of the articles I thought were worth reading this week.

• Our church had a ridiculous illustration this weekend… I’ll post the video when it comes out.

See you tomorrow…..