God's Sovereignty

I had someone track me down after church yesterday to tell me part of their story. They're not from our area but attented with some friends. They had just gone through a bad breakup in a relationship. My sermon was "Surviving Rejection."

One of the prayers I always pray when deciding on what to preach and planning sermon series is "God you know who will be there so help me to say what you want them to hear or know."

I'm never surprised, but always amazed, when I hear stories of God answering that prayer.

Youth Camp

I'm at camp (M-Fuge) all week with our student ministry. I love youth camp. This is my 14th year at Fuge. It's always one of the year's highlights. We'll be doing ministry/mission work in the Philly area.

Our theme for the week is "Faith to Love the Faith Journey." The words we're using to guide us are "stand," "wait," "risk," "let go." Great words for any follower of Christ to get their minds and hearts around. I think if we all learned to stand for what we should, wait for God's timing, risk getting out of our comfort zones and giving up some of our own stuff, and then letting go of the things that hold us back we could turn the world upside down.

One thing I know, the 350 plus students and adults at Fuge this week, if we get our hearts and minds around those words, God will use us to turn Philly up side down.

Can't wait to see what happens.