I'm not sure about you, but for awhile now, I've had this one thing on my mind alot... and I'm hoping to explain it clearly in this so you understand it, and I understand it when I re-read it for myself. You know, in the post below the one about 9/11, about me feeling like I have to be some professional writer to make a point, well, this one is different... very different. I don't have that feeling right now, probably because before I began to even write this, I prayed and ment it with all that I am. and I think I'll make my point... I seem to do that anyways :)
While I was praying on my knees, I was (and am still) listening to the song We Cry Out by Kari Jobe... -She has a beautiful voice by the way :) - Here's the song if you care to listen to it while you finish reading this... or whatever you feel like doing. :)
It's a great song, isn't it? It made me cry when I thought about what the lyrics mean...
At the beginning of the song she sings, "It's only by Your mercy we have been saved, Lord, You have said if we call upon Your name, we and our families will be saved. So we cry out Your name El Shadi God of grace, Lord most high, Jesus Christ. We rely on Your grace Adoni crowned in Grace."
That's probably my favorite part of the song... but I love the whole thing. While I was praying, I had the Campus Ministry folder in both hands almost, and I've never felt so passionate about anything as this... God's up to something. :) I just wish I knew what He's up to... but I think I'd rather be apart of it, and see what He does this year and years to come.
I've never prayed so much before in my life... it's incredible. I guess I can rest assured that God's got this all covered, and nothing with Him shall ever be impossible.
Jesus we cry out Your name... give us the strength and the boldness it takes to stand unashamed for You and give us the words and the wisdom to be clear about the gospel, and God, help me lead this thing at my school. Even through the uncertainty, we'll pray and push through no matter what we may face. You made a promise to never leave nor forsake us, we believe You.
-Amen-
"If God is for us, Then who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31
"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:26
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
"Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you." - Hebrews 13:5
"The thief has come only to steal and kill and destroy; but I (Jesus) have come so that they may have life and have it to the full." - John 10:10
"I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:13
"For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11
"When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power." - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
"However, as it is written:
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" - 1 Corinthians 2:9
As I continue to pray about this, I ask that you do the same. It's not easy leading a campus ministry in a world like this where everyone is so full of themselves, and we're here sharing a message that's stupid to them, and we're going to look dumb to some... and that's okay, we won't give up. We're called to be on the front lines of love...
Jesus, in mattew 25:40 that whatever we do unto the least of these we do unto Him... Do we actually take Jesus seriously on this? If we do, like we sometimes say, then we've got to do better than what we're doing... stop freaking out, and start reaching out... even when the moment gets awkward, something amazing could happen. Just go for it, and pray and trust God... oh, be clear as well!! - which means avoid those weird Christian terms that no one really understands anyway. Like "born again." and all the other ones like that... I don't even really know what that one means. :) but I some what get it... but you're unsaved friends and family and strangers won't... so don't use it, period! You don't like being confused, so don't confuse them with some wacked out terms... and don't add anything to the gospel... you'll mess the whole thing up if you do that.
- Katelyn
