WHOA BABY!
what a weekend we had at lake champion with our jr highers. i wish i could explain to you how amazing it was…but that would take a whole lot of typing~
so here’s the reader digest version:
our theme: The Four-Fold Gospel; Jesus is our Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King~
when we got to the session on Jesus as our healer a call was given for kids to come forward if they wanted to receive healing. it was set-up with scripture and bathed in prayer. needless to say, over 150 kids came forward to be prayed for and receive healing for physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual things going on in their lives. it was overwhelming!
when we broke into our small group, i had our student type out what they were thinking and feeling so you can get a sneak peak at what goes through a jr highers head after a service like that.
here’s the testimonies in a word document if you’d like to read them all. i wasn’t sure which to pic, but here’s a couple:
Before tonight I suffered from three eating disorders; anorexia, bulimia, and excessive eating. I also have cut myself out of anger of what has been going through my life. God has given me this great gift of life and i felt like i ruined it by doing that to myself. However, today I AM HEALED! I AM NO LONGER THE PERSON I WAS. I feel I have taken a huge leap towards God.
Before tonight, I felt like I was unimportant. I had told all of my friends of my religion and I respected their religion, but they feel like they shouldn’t talk to me and they ignore me. Sometimes I go into the bathroom and cry my eyes out hoping that they will except me for who I am. Knowing that God loves me unconditionally, it makes me feel important and makes me want to cry. I feel like I don’t deserve it. I am a sinner and I know I will sin in the future. Knowing that God loves me before and after I sin, and will always love me is overwhelming to me. My sister and brothers say I’m nothing and I should just go away. After tonight I feel like I connected to God and know that I am special and I am unique!
-What really hit me this weekend was how real God is in our lives. We totally take him for granted. It’s amazing how much he affects our daily lives and this week God has become so real to me! God is amazing!
thank you so much for all your prayers…and please pray for our sr highers as we go away this weekend~
April 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Holy cow! I can’t beleive I wrote so much, but that night i took like ten steps closer to the lord! I’m SO STINKIN HAPPY! God has already seemed to start the process of healing me.