Church Camp 2023 notes

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24th Friday Evening
Session 1
Genesis 18:20 - 35
Abraham interceding for Sodom.

Can you place something on your heart for your home town.

Romans 1:11, 12

Hospital
Family
Embassy

Hospital
Mark 2:15 - 17
Triage
The church is a hospital for sinners (where triage happens), not a museum for saints.

Exodus
The Israelites had left Egypt, but they were still asking for things of Egypt.

Family
Functional, or dysfunctional.
The Church is God's plan to reunite Humanity with Him as a family.

Embassy
The message of the Gospel.

Acts 1:8

Hurting --> Healthy --> Helpful

25th Saturday Morning
Sesson 2
Elijah
1 Kings 18: 23 - 29
No one answered the prophets of Baal, despite their desperation.

1 Kings 18:30 - 39
On the peak we can share the Gospel.
But what about in the valley?

1 Kings 19:1, 2
Jezebel's death threat.
1 Kings 19:3
Elijah flees

1 Kings 19:4
The low point

What can bring you to a similar situation to Elijah?

How to get out?
vs 3
Fear
'What could happen?' - Jezebel's message.

What is the 'what if?' that pushes you from the peak to the valley.

Lies, unforgiveness, the Enemy

Isaiah 41:10

Psalm 23:4 - 6
David knew that he had to go through the painful times.
As the shepherd protects and guides the sheep, so God protects and guides us.
Our environment is conducive to our relationship with God.

Romans 12:2

Environments
Where do we go when we are in pain?

Relationships
Proverbs 13:20

1 Kings 19:11 - 13
God wanted to be found in a whisper.
Elijah had to draw close.

Do we have a life where we can hear the whisper of God when fear comes?
Do we have a life that practices the presence of God?

Sesson 3
The Body of Christ
Mission ready

Matthew 28:18 - 20

1 Corinthians 12:12
1 Corinthians 12:26
We are all involved in the church.

Acts 6:1 - 7
The extent of your involvement within the Body of Christ will determine the extent of your influence in the Body of Christ.

Acts 2:43 - 45

Can we intercede on behalf of our city?

26th Sunday Morning
Matthew 11:28 - 30
Zephaniah 3:11

Genesis 2:15
Humanity's purpose, to work and watch over the creation, the Garden of Eden. Toil came after the Fall.

2 Corinthians 3:16 - 18

Being aware of his hand on the peak and in the wilderness.

Jesus is not an addition. He is our substitution.
Genesis 3:8

1 Kings 9:1
Solomon had desired to build the Temple and had acheived it.

John 14:15 - 17

What does it look like to surrender yourself to His will?

Sanctification
- Being made Holy.