Camp Experience BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! I haven't written in here in like 3 weeks. That's pretty sad. Guess I should catch you all up on what's been going on. Well.. let's see. I went to camp. It was awesome. Yep... had a load of fun. The food wasn't as good as last year's but what does it matter? I had an incredible experience with God. I met lots of new people. It was pretty cool. Here's my testimony of what happened the thursday night at camp:
At youth camp we had this guest preacher named Jayme. He’s way cool and definitely shows in his life that he’s a God loving man. On Thursday night at camp after he finished his sermon he said we weren’t going to have an altar call just yet. He wanted us to stand up and pray at our seats and not come to the altar until we were 150% sure we were ready to fight for God in our lives here on earth. I was praying and praying. There was this music playing in the background. When the music was recorded it was just the man singing solo and the instrumentals but when they played it back there were other voices singing… they don’t sound human at all but are incredibly beautiful. They believe that they were angels. Anyways…that music was playing and I was standing at my seat and praying to God. All of a sudden I felt myself running to the altar. I was at the altar on my knees with my arms in the air and praying loudly. I could hear pastor Jayme saying that God was going to start at one end of the room and touch everyone from one end of the room to the other. Jayme started yelling, “He’s coming! He’s coming! Get ready! I can feel him here in this room!” I had my eyes closed so I couldn’t see what was happening around me but I could hear these loud thundering footsteps coming my way. Then all of a sudden I got a warm chill all the way down my body. After that my entire body started shaking uncontrollably. My hands were shaking the most. You know the pins and needles feeling you get when your foot falls asleep? Well… My entire body felt like that. From my head, to my fingertips, to my toes I felt the pins and needles. My entire body was just numb. The shoes I was wearing were starting to hurt my feet so I tried to shift my body but I couldn’t move. My arms were getting tired so I tried to lower them but I couldn’t no matter how hard I tried. I heard Jayme ask the teens to stand up and go pray over their youth pastors. I couldn’t stand up. Just then, I couldn’t hear anyone around me. It was like God had pushed a mute button. I couldn’t hear the music playing. I couldn’t hear people praying around me. I couldn’t hear Jayme speaking into the microphone anymore. I could only hear my own voice. Then I heard another voice in my head. “Amber, Don’t move, pay attention to me. I have called you into ministry. I’m going to use you to bring others closer to me.” I knew it was God speaking to me and I responded, “I will do whatever it takes God to follow in your will. I completely surrender to you.” Then, slowly the voices of everyone around me started to get louder and I could hear the music playing again and I could move my body once more. I felt so relieved. It was an incredible experience. I refused to come home and go back to living like the world because as Christians we’re called to stand out and be different. We’re called to a much higher standard. I didn’t go to camp looking for a quick fix. I didn’t want a little Band-Aid to cover up my cuts temporarily. I went to camp looking for a complete transformation… and that’s exactly what I got.
Ok... well... I have more to write but not enough time right now to write it so I'll just write the rest of what happened at camp later. Love ya all and GOD BLESS!!!!!
At youth camp we had this guest preacher named Jayme. He’s way cool and definitely shows in his life that he’s a God loving man. On Thursday night at camp after he finished his sermon he said we weren’t going to have an altar call just yet. He wanted us to stand up and pray at our seats and not come to the altar until we were 150% sure we were ready to fight for God in our lives here on earth. I was praying and praying. There was this music playing in the background. When the music was recorded it was just the man singing solo and the instrumentals but when they played it back there were other voices singing… they don’t sound human at all but are incredibly beautiful. They believe that they were angels. Anyways…that music was playing and I was standing at my seat and praying to God. All of a sudden I felt myself running to the altar. I was at the altar on my knees with my arms in the air and praying loudly. I could hear pastor Jayme saying that God was going to start at one end of the room and touch everyone from one end of the room to the other. Jayme started yelling, “He’s coming! He’s coming! Get ready! I can feel him here in this room!” I had my eyes closed so I couldn’t see what was happening around me but I could hear these loud thundering footsteps coming my way. Then all of a sudden I got a warm chill all the way down my body. After that my entire body started shaking uncontrollably. My hands were shaking the most. You know the pins and needles feeling you get when your foot falls asleep? Well… My entire body felt like that. From my head, to my fingertips, to my toes I felt the pins and needles. My entire body was just numb. The shoes I was wearing were starting to hurt my feet so I tried to shift my body but I couldn’t move. My arms were getting tired so I tried to lower them but I couldn’t no matter how hard I tried. I heard Jayme ask the teens to stand up and go pray over their youth pastors. I couldn’t stand up. Just then, I couldn’t hear anyone around me. It was like God had pushed a mute button. I couldn’t hear the music playing. I couldn’t hear people praying around me. I couldn’t hear Jayme speaking into the microphone anymore. I could only hear my own voice. Then I heard another voice in my head. “Amber, Don’t move, pay attention to me. I have called you into ministry. I’m going to use you to bring others closer to me.” I knew it was God speaking to me and I responded, “I will do whatever it takes God to follow in your will. I completely surrender to you.” Then, slowly the voices of everyone around me started to get louder and I could hear the music playing again and I could move my body once more. I felt so relieved. It was an incredible experience. I refused to come home and go back to living like the world because as Christians we’re called to stand out and be different. We’re called to a much higher standard. I didn’t go to camp looking for a quick fix. I didn’t want a little Band-Aid to cover up my cuts temporarily. I went to camp looking for a complete transformation… and that’s exactly what I got.
Ok... well... I have more to write but not enough time right now to write it so I'll just write the rest of what happened at camp later. Love ya all and GOD BLESS!!!!!