Sunny Days

PowerHouse Camp!

Hello again
so i returned from Powerhouse summer camp and it was great! i must admit though it was one of those things - those of you from Windsor Christian Fellowship understand the Encounter Weekend and how everyone tells you - it's going to change your life - you will love it and you go in with such great expectations some times and not that God doesn't meet you where you are at he totally does - but for some reason i got there thursday night and was expecting so much and i didn't feel like i got much that night - i felt like i was just going through the emotions of loving it and i wasn't. The worship was amazing and the speaker that night Judah Smith was so great as well - he spoke a message called "Taste and See"- it was so great - he said that many times people judge Christianity by observing and even alot of Christians do as well - but they never really TASTE Christ - he gave the example of how when you get a nice juicy steak at a restaurant and a fancy restaurant will bring it out and by its presentation you will be like - what a great looking steak - but you only know that because you have once tasted it to know that beyond the looks of it - it tastes absolutely delicious - so the presentation just adds to the greatness of it! so that was really neat application i thought - we were staying in this tourist town that had a beach so the hotels actually had their own kitchen etc so we could cook our own meals but we weren't told about this ahead of time so i didn't have any groceries to cook but i got some people to pick me up some stuff so that was good - it saved me from eating out every meal - friday morning was cool - Judah Smith did another session called Forest Fire - he said that a Forest Fire requires 3 elements - if any of the three are missing the fire ceases to exist - you need heat, oxygen and fuel - heat represents life circumstances - you can't get rid of these - but they are temporary and God's purpose still remains - then there is oxygen - it represents personal confession (words you use) "i'm stupid, dumb " etc you are taking away from your future/destiny by saying those words - we should take compliments people give us and agree with them - be comfortable in your own skin with the gifts and talents God has given us - if you are always asking other people to pray for you then you are riding on their faith and not your own - the third element is fuel - and fuel represents the friends you keep - friends are either fuel or fertilizer to your forest - everyone needs your forest - make friends with the eagle and not the turkey - then we had a session where the guys and the girls split up and this woman Andie i think her name was did this session on being an Attractive Woman - which i really got a lot of - for once she didn't just tell us you know to wait and just focus on God etc - well she did but she actually told us how to be attractive both to God and to guys and that a GOOD man, let me emphasize good will be looking for all these qualities in a woman - so she told us to Honor Jesus - for who he is in your life, for what he has done for us - don't trade in our identity that he has given us - also she said Waste Yourself on Jesus - gave the story how Mary annointed Jesus feet with her expensive perfume - she wasted it on Jesus and then took her hair down to wipe his feet (taking the hair down represents her humility) - so she said to love God more than any guy or any other person - third thing she said was to Expect Attack - attack many times comes from people you don't understand - use the word of God and the gates of hell will not prevail! if you are getting attacked you are heading in the right direction! Fourth element - Jesus will always stick up for you! THen she gave us some tips that her husband said attracts guys to girls: 1. enjoy life 2. live uncomplicated - say what you mean and be decisive 3. walk in confidence 4. have purpose and vision - a good man does not want a woman who needs a man to bring purpose to her life 5. Don't settle! listen to the HOly Spirit
so yeah that is some sessions that i really got a lot out of - they were all good, the worship was awesome - they gave opportunities for people to get right with God - there were people giving their life to Christ throughout the weekend it was so amazing and then people go the chance to get right with God - like one was if you have been speaking negatively and bringing others down instead of building people up etc - i know i've been like that every once in a while so i dealt with that there - they had one about speaking in tongues - if you don't have your heavenly language you were given the opportunity to get that as well
Phil Duley (i don't know how to spell his last name - so bad i know!) preached on being Brave - i had already heard the message because he did the same one at Wildlife camp but it was still great to hear again
there was a message by April called "How Far Will You Go (In Your Walk With God)?" 1. YOu need to be desperate - some things are worth fighting for2. Willingness - God only uses what you have3. Take it To Our World
Another great message was by Danielle about "Fight for your Life" - it was mostly saying that we need to fight for our time with God - our alone time 1. Prayer is the Principle Thing - it's our communication with God - prayer partnered with obedience produces great things in your life - pray and believe like it's 100% up to God, then pray and work like it's 100% up to you - be committed to progressively knowing God2. Need to Persevere thru the Challenges - don't give up on the things you are believing for - it's like being on the treadmill - you have it set on 20 mins and you are at the 18th minute - if you don't keep going you won't get that feeling of accomplishment - you may be on the 18th minute - you need to persevere until it's 20 minutes! 3. Fight Yourself - deny our flesh - you feel so much better after
so most of the weekend i was feeling like i was just going through motions and i wasn't really changing or getting much out of it - but i went willing to get everything from it i could and get whatever i needed to right with God - and saturday night was awesome - the worship was amazing and i really felt like i wanted to be there and didn't want to leave - it wasn't until sunday morning that it really hit me what had happening - i was sitting in church and all of a sudden i had this big realization that "it's not about me" that i was to be a willing servant and really deny myself this year and be there for other people - i want to be willing and available for the people/appointments that God is going to use me to meet - those interruptions in my day i want to learn to know that they are appointments planned by God to use me to reach someone for him etc - and i really want to get into the word more - i'm reading this book by Michael W. Smith called "time to be bold" and he was talking about this friend of his who had Colossians memorized and it wasn't until his friend quoted the whole book to him that he realized the power of God's word when spoken and how important it is for us to get the word of God in us - he said "the bible. read it. memorize it. trust it. believe it. consume it. eat it, drink it, sleep it. and watch how your life will be radically changed" amazing if you ask me and so true - i feel so awesome after i've spent some time in it and hanging out withGod talking to him - if you are reading this and you don't think you know how to pray just pretend that you are talking to a friend - just try talking to God like a friend - he knows you, he understands you - he wants to fellowship with you - he wants to get to know his beautiful creation - just come back to him and if you want to give your life to Christ and you don't know how to do that and wantto feel free to email me and i can help you with that - golf_is_life_81@yahoo.ca
if you need prayer email me as well
look forward to writing more soon and to connecting with friends and family - thank you for your prayers - i wouldn't be here without them
luv y'all and God bless
just a couple of prayer requests - could you pray for us - they have decided to cancel the shuttle bus which was a free bus for us college students to get from our placeto the college since we live like 15 min drive away - pray either they would continue running it for a small fee, or there would be a bus pass we could buy or that we would be blessed with a car
oh yeah and in reading this book by Michael W. Smith i've been challenged to get more scripture memorized and i've really wanted to do this in the past but you can all keep me accountable - i'm going to try to memorize the book of Colossians! so keep asking me how i'm doing with it

posted by Meliss @ 2:20 PM