Talk (Lost in the dark?)

Introduction

• [Note this talk was done after going for a 'midnight walk']
• Did you enjoy our the walk?
• I don't know about you, but I sometimes find walking in the dark a bit scary, especially:
  • When I'm alone
  • In the middle of know where (like we have just been)
• What about you lot?

Main bit

• It seems to me that walking in the dark is a bit like life...
• We all have times in our lives when:
  • We can't see where we are going
  • Worry
  • Are afraid
  • Can't see our friends
  • Feel alone
  • Strange things happen (things go bup in the night)
• Well, that's what I think - life is a bit like that
• Thing is do you think God wants that for us? No!

End bit

• God wants the best for us
• He doesn't want us to feel like we are:
  • Lost
  • Scared
  • Lonely etc.
• The Bible tells us that if we live our lives for him
• We will be like light in the darkness
• Helping us to see our way forward, and helping others to see
• [Read Matthew 5:14-16]
• So ask yourself - Are you wandering about in the darkness or in the light?
• Which ever it is, God is there for you, all you only need to do is ask!

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