Home sweet home......
Well God did so much this past week, so I will give u a very brief overview and then share about what God shared with me.
Ignite was flippin sweet! God busted out, many kids who were lukewarm were broken down, countless kids caught a fire in the heart, Ovi and James were taken to another level in their walk, I was blessed to lead worship 4 times, and I grew substantially in my faith, knowledge, wisdom, and Love.
Overall everything was great. I did not learn much this year from the messages but I did learn alot from God and from serving. The first thing i want to share with you happened on tuesday night....
It was tuesday night and Adam Mccane was speaking on being Ruined for Christ. Prior to him speaking I was having a war in my mind. During worship I felt God asked me, "What do you want most in life?" At first I quickly said "To see people come to Jesus", but after meditating on that for awhile, and evaluating what my actions said, I came to the conclusion that I was not totally sure, and if it was God, than it was not by much.
So the message was really good and really funny. I took alot of notes on Adam, he is a preaching mastermind, I took notes on his preaching skills. Well after the message we had some serious worship for about 2 hours, during the worship Adam went around the room and prayed for people. I was deep in worship and was trying to figure out the answer to the question the Lord purposed earlier that night, and I looked and saw Adam praying for a certain individual. This individual was someone who was really hard and lukewarm, and I saw Adam put his arms around the guy and hug and pray for him, and the I saw the guy break in Adams arms. The guy was broken by God's love and was forever changed. I have seen stuff like that so many times, but this time it was different. Right at the moment i just broke down. I broke down on my knees and start to weep. I weeped and weeped and God put a burning Love for the lost in my heart. Right then I realized that my very purpose for my life is to do everything that I can do to help bring people to Jesus. I can honestly say with all my heart, is that all i want is to see people come to Jesus. Nothing makes me happier and nothing feels so right than to bring people from death to life. That night I let go of many things....
God also gave me a greater understanding and love for those who are jerks and those who are hard. During this week I encountered people who were down right bad. They had no respect for God, people, and had a mug on their face 24/7. Some of these people would laugh at people who were praying, push people during their prayer times, and even mock people in their face about their face. Usually I would hate these kids and want to pound their faces in, but God really gave me empathy for these people. Instead of resenting these kids, and to feel for them. What kind of life did they have to go through to be like that? If they saw, heard, and felt everything that I have in my life, they would probably be like me too. So why judge and be angry?
There is so much more God did and showed me but I just cant write that much. If you want to hear more, than just ask. (:
p.s. sorry about the horrific writing skills...):
Ignite was flippin sweet! God busted out, many kids who were lukewarm were broken down, countless kids caught a fire in the heart, Ovi and James were taken to another level in their walk, I was blessed to lead worship 4 times, and I grew substantially in my faith, knowledge, wisdom, and Love.
Overall everything was great. I did not learn much this year from the messages but I did learn alot from God and from serving. The first thing i want to share with you happened on tuesday night....
It was tuesday night and Adam Mccane was speaking on being Ruined for Christ. Prior to him speaking I was having a war in my mind. During worship I felt God asked me, "What do you want most in life?" At first I quickly said "To see people come to Jesus", but after meditating on that for awhile, and evaluating what my actions said, I came to the conclusion that I was not totally sure, and if it was God, than it was not by much.
So the message was really good and really funny. I took alot of notes on Adam, he is a preaching mastermind, I took notes on his preaching skills. Well after the message we had some serious worship for about 2 hours, during the worship Adam went around the room and prayed for people. I was deep in worship and was trying to figure out the answer to the question the Lord purposed earlier that night, and I looked and saw Adam praying for a certain individual. This individual was someone who was really hard and lukewarm, and I saw Adam put his arms around the guy and hug and pray for him, and the I saw the guy break in Adams arms. The guy was broken by God's love and was forever changed. I have seen stuff like that so many times, but this time it was different. Right at the moment i just broke down. I broke down on my knees and start to weep. I weeped and weeped and God put a burning Love for the lost in my heart. Right then I realized that my very purpose for my life is to do everything that I can do to help bring people to Jesus. I can honestly say with all my heart, is that all i want is to see people come to Jesus. Nothing makes me happier and nothing feels so right than to bring people from death to life. That night I let go of many things....
God also gave me a greater understanding and love for those who are jerks and those who are hard. During this week I encountered people who were down right bad. They had no respect for God, people, and had a mug on their face 24/7. Some of these people would laugh at people who were praying, push people during their prayer times, and even mock people in their face about their face. Usually I would hate these kids and want to pound their faces in, but God really gave me empathy for these people. Instead of resenting these kids, and to feel for them. What kind of life did they have to go through to be like that? If they saw, heard, and felt everything that I have in my life, they would probably be like me too. So why judge and be angry?
There is so much more God did and showed me but I just cant write that much. If you want to hear more, than just ask. (:
p.s. sorry about the horrific writing skills...):