The Past...

The past few weeks have been amazing in the life of this blogger. Things here at First Christian are really taking off, people are excited about knowing Jesus more and the Student Life Ministry is going really well. Leaders have stepped up in a big way, some kids are beginning their relationship with Jesus and others are eager to see how God will use them in college. Last week I went to CIY with some really great students and awesome adults. I think it changed all of our lives. All of us had an experience with Jesus that needed to happen so that we could move forward. Each night brought something different and it was exactly what we all needed. Let me give you just a small piece of what God did with all of us.

Night 1 Identity

We started our study at the first part of Exodus and looked at he life of Moses. This night was looking at Moses meeting God at the burning. We learned that can only be who we are if we are in the presence of God. God tells us who we are and our life should be a reflection of that.

Night 2 Freedom

This night was hard for all of us. In D-groups we had bracelets on and underneath we had to write down the the sin that was holding us back from following God. We talked about the 10 plagues and how God is in the business of setting people free. We had to worship chained to our bracelets (or sin) and listen to the sermon this way. It such a good reflection of what sin does to you but a better of picture of God setting his people free. We were asked to break free and the sound of freedom was beautiful. At our youth group every single student and adult was so honest with what was going on in their life. We heard about pornography, drugs, sex, pride, fear, fear of failure and much more. That is why I love youth ministry because students are so open with how they are.

Night 3 Crossing

We talked about the crossing that we all come to in our lives with God. Of course the sermon was on Moses and God's people crossing the red sea.

Night 4 Worship

When God bring us freedom our response should be worship and it was. We sang our hearts out, we cried and loved Jesus with everything we had. At youth group time which is my favorite part about Move I asked the students to go into their dorms and just worship. They DID!!

Night 5 LIVE

Take a guess what that was about...

We had 2 baptisms, 7 rededications, and 6 who want to go into ministry.

God still moves...

It was a great week for me and the students. I just hope we can remember what we have learned and live as free people.