Last week I got back from Chubb Lake Camp, and it was an amazing time with our students and ministering with other youth pastors.
Darin Graham and Chris Luff were the speakers for the week and they both brought it…
Darin went through the book of James and broke it down plain and simple for the students to understand… I think all the youth will be able to remember to ‘Love the Suck’ (Look at James 1 if you don’t understand)
and Chris went through the spiritual pathways in how we as individuals are unique and sometimes the way that we connect with God is not just the cookie cutter method.
I love Chubb because all the focus is on GOD… and we spend the whole week encountering God, right where we are at.
I wanted to write this because not only did it happen for me growing up, but I think that it is so important not to forget these things. There are obviously more than 2 things to bring up but I chose these 2!
- Remember What Happened at Camp: If God moved in your life in a huge way… REMEMBER IT. Write it down. If God was calling you to certain things… REMEMBER IT. Go back to it when you feel troubled in anyway. When any seed of doubt comes into your mind about what God did. You can go back to it and say NO, this is exactly what happened. I have it written down right here. When God does things in our lives, it is so important to write details down. We don’t always remember all the details, but the “paper” does.
- Act on What God Called You to Do: To many times in my life, I encountered God and He called me to do things……………………………………………. and I did nothing. I don’t want to see this for my students, and I hope that you are in the same boat. FEAR is one of the major reasons that holds us back. What will my friends think? What will my family think? It was easier at Camp because people are praying with us, motivating us, speaking into our lives. But when we get home things change. We are not surrounding by Christians all the time, having chapel 2 times a day. It all boils down to our relationship with GOD. So we can either say it is to hard, or chose to do the things that He has called us to do, on His strength… and as I said to my cabin last week. If God can use me to do His ministry, He can most definitely use you
Posted on August 17, 2011
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