Should We Only Follow the Rules?

Hi Advent Kids!

How was your week? Did you ever find yourself "patting yourself on the back?" Oh, wow! I can SO do that! I often think that I'm pretty great and that God should really be proud of me!

The Pharisees were pretty proud of themselves too! They were SO good at following Rules, you see... 

But Jesus flipped the Rules upside down with his teaching. Listen to what he said about doing the right thing all the time and following all the Rules in Matthew 15.

I'm praying for each one of us - me too! - to listen and obey what he wants us to do rather than just get into our own good deeds and pride for Rule following!

I love you guys!

Wendy