They Don't Cast Shadows

You ready to take your last breath, girl?

Two days and your dead!

Leave me alone!

Oh.

Why don't you pray?

Nothing can save you now!

Stop!

I wish we could just get rid of her.

The time will come.

I'm counting down the days.

Just looking at her makes me sick!

Mom, this is delicious. Thank you.

You're lucky we even invited you to dinner.

We have five new mares booked to Cats on Fire.

I told you it'd be a profitable stallion.

I'll say.

At five grand a pop, we'll make our money back

and then someone on his first crop alone.

- May I please be excused? - Yes. No!

The table isn't going to clean itself.

May I please be excused to my room?

Go.

You need all the beauty rest you can get.

Only four more days till summer vacation.

We'll have the whole summer to ride.

What would I do without you?

Ooh, I gotta go. Have a good day, Lucky.

Great.

You all right?

He literally does that every time he stops.

I don't know why he doesn't wait

until everyone's safely seated.

I think that's everything.

There you are.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Lisa!

I totally have some exciting news.

Me too!

Okay. You go first.

I dropped my books on the bus this morning.

That doesn't really sound too exciting.

Let me finish!

This really cute guy helped me pick them up.

Okay, tell me more. What's his name?

I don't know.

He was wearing a varsity jacket.

Okay, so he probably plays sports, he's a senior?

Did you catch his name on his jacket?

No.

School's out Friday.

He'll probably graduate, and I'll never see him again.

Okay, let's just hope he's a junior

that's really awesome at sports.

Who are they making fun of now?

Anyway, what is your news?

Oh, yeah. Um...

Last night, something changed.

I feel like I finally know Jesus.

Jesus?

Jesus Christ, the savior of the world?

Really, Lisa?

Oh, sorry. Um...

Congratulations?

I mean, what does that really mean?

That I received Jesus into my heart.

Into your heart?

Yeah, my Sunday school teacher and I

had this really long talk,

and I was telling her how I didn't really get

the whole Jesus thing,

and she said that's because I didn't get my gift.

Gift?

Well, if it's that cute boy from the bus, I'll take it.

Lisa. I'm serious.

I want you to come with me to youth group tomorrow night.

I don't know.

I'd rather ride Lucky.

It'll be fun. I promise.

I don't know.

Okay. Just promise me you'll think about it.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

I'll think about it.

Okay.

Here's your list of chores.

I'll never have time to ride lucky.

That's your problem.

I'm sorry that I couldn't go on a ride today.

That sounds really scary.

You know, you have to be careful.

Satan is real, and he can make people do horrible things.

And you're sure it wasn't a dream?

I don't know. Maybe I did dream it.

I mean, I was half asleep when I walked into the house.

I don't really know what I saw.

So I guess that means you didn't think about it.

What?

Youth group?

Please come with me tonight. It'll be a lot of fun.

Tina...

I don't know.

Can we talk about it later? I have a lot on my mind.

Yeah.

Call me before 6:00, and my parents and I

will come pick you up, okay?

My parents have been listening in on my calls.

It's really weird.

I don't know how they'd feel about me going to church.

I mean, we're not really religious.

You can just say that you wanna come

and hang out at my house.

They don't really have to know where we're going.

And we drive right by your house

on the way to church anyway, so.

Where is Lucky?

Where is lucky?

Gone.

What do you mean gone?

He's no longer here. We sold him.

Sold him...

To who?

Why would you do that?

Where is dad?

Where is Lucky?

Calm down.

Calm down?

You really expect me to be calm?

Where is my horse?

We had to sell him to make room for the new stallions.

Sell him to who?

I don't know exactly who! Ask your mother.

How could you do this to me?

- Lisa? - Tina?

Are you okay? What's wrong?

My parents sold Lucky.

How could they?

They know how much you love your horse.

Something isn't right. Can you...

Can you please come get me?

Yeah, sure. We'll be right over.

I'll meet you by the gate.

Okay. See you in a few.

Thank you for picking me up.

I'm just glad you called.

You're always welcome, sweetie.

We love having you around.

Tina!

Hi!

This is my best friend, Lisa.

Hi, Lisa. My name's Sunshine.

I'm Eddie.

Hey, I know you.

I'm Jason.

Lisa.

Yeah.

Are your knees all right from the bus?

Oh, yeah. It's more my wrist actually.

Honestly, you totally pulled it off.

It looked pretty cool.

- Really? - Yeah.

I didn't see you on the bus this morning.

Yeah, yeah. Normally I don't take the bus.

My dad usually drops me off on his way to work.

Anyways, welcome to youth group.

Yeah.

Are you okay?

That's the boy from the bus.

Jason?

Yeah!

Please take a seat so we can get this thing started.

All right, let's pray.

Lord, give me the right words to say.

Open hearts, ears, and minds.

And in Jesus name, amen.

Okay, so, last week we left off on Satan.

Satan comes in many different forms

and can cause people to do things

that they normally wouldn't do.

His main goal is to take as many humans as possible

with him to eternal punishment in hell.

But he can only do that by preventing us

from knowing and believing in God's plan of redemption.

When we see later on in Peter 1,

we can actually notice that...

Yeah, uh, yeah, Lisa.

What do you mean "redemption"?

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

God, right, in his infinite love and wisdom,

sent his son, Jesus Christ, to earth

to live a perfect and sinless life.

And Jesus then died on the cross for our sins.

And three days later, he rose from the dead.

If you believe that in your heart

and confess that with your lips, then you'll be redeemed.

How do I do that?

You just have to pray.

Ask the Lord to come into your heart.