LIFE 2007
I wish this were something easy to describe like
We went to an Orlando and we had fun
But
That would not begin to due justice to the work God has been up to! God has moved in the most powerful ways. I met up with 40 other people from my youth group in Orlando. I have been praying that God would begin moving and breaking down walls, breaking hearts, healing hearts, and creating a trusted family unit. O my did God answer prayer. My highlight of the week was on Wednesday evening we went back to our hotel to have our youth group small group time. This is normally one hour of reflection and discussing of what was talked about that day. Well one of the topics that Francis Chan (an amazing vessel of the living God) was our divided devotion for God of the universe. He talked about unconfused sin. He thought that we should spend sometime talking about those things in our trusted youth group settings. Well… the first girl broke the dam with story of unforgiveness and bitterness that has been built up since molestation at the age of 5. What preceded that was something of power, the Holy Spirit. The next person this time a guy told a similar story how he had shoved it down and wow… this proceeded again again to a 5th person. There were also people who let out things bent up in them, from sins of rejection, or even alcoholism and drugs. O Gods freedom came to that room. Every person that shared- would share parts or their hearts and then they would pray if possible and then we as a body would join around them and pray. The root of unforgiveness ran so deep in our youth group. Even in my own life. We stayed in that room for over three and half hours in prayer, sharing, tears, healing, joy, laughter, and the grace and WONDERFUL freedom of the Lord Jesus Christ. O, what an amazing thing to see our youth group broken in the hands of a loving God.
On Thursday God continued to work in our youths hearts. The drive to share the gospel was in such a force in our youth group. We have been inspired to the point of bawling for hours over the lost. Project 132 was Thursday night highlighting Africa specifically Burkina Faso. The heart our youth group has for the Father and the inspiration that spurs forth is intense. One guy literally said for the first time he had an urge to share Jesus Christ with a perfect stranger. Something that for him shows of what a change is going on in his life. This morning service was focused on Christ mission. It was an amazing service that was so close to my heart. Afterwards their was an alter call for those who felt lead to full time service whether in the states or abroad. I was astounded by the amount of teens on their knees.
“Luke 10:2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
I urge you my fellow believers keep every teen that went to LIFE in your prayers. The event isn’t what allows God to move. The fancy hotels, dinner prizes, good speakers, seminars, sweet bands, fun times, being away…etc Those things can be an aide… but who is the Holy Spirit who needs an aid? He can continue to move like this. What makes an event where 7,500 teens are out of state is that parents pray like they have never prayed before. That is what makes events a place that God moves in such a huge way. I can’t even begin to process the mass of information, truths, depths that have been revealed in the last week. My burden is that these truths would begin to soak into the hearts and minds of the teens, and myself. My prayer is that I will continually realize that reaching out, and seeking Christ and loving him that He is the one who will make me Holy. That if I love Him; I will obey his commands. Not by anything of my own doing. Christ who lives for me instead will guide me into Holiness. As I return to Delta tonight, my prayer is that the same spirit with the same intensity and even more fervor would be poured out over the camps in the coming weeks. Jr. High Campers roll in at 2pm tomorrow, with them more broken hearts, deep rooted lies, more sadness, more laughter, joy, dancing and O my prayer is that each and every camper walks away transformed. I believe that He wants those campers closer to him, He wants to speak straight to their hearts. Please pray that I will be a willing vessel. That Christ would fill me so with his Holy Spirit so that I can be used for His glory. Thanks for your prayers!
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