Monday, March 23, 2009

An amazing God-filled weekend!

















Wow! We had such an awesome weekend at church with the students. It was our annual "Elevate Weekend" ,aka "Disciple Now", and it was incredible. The speaker was Brad Fogarty, http://www.bradfogarty.com/, and the worship leaders were Beggartown, http://www.beggartown.org/. Both Brad and Beggartown are annointed men of God who are fulfilling their calls to go and spread the Word of Christ to a lost and dying world. We were challenged by Brad to evaluate where we are in our walk with Christ. Are we truly making disciples as we are biblically mandated to do? Do we really understand that we are covered by the blood of Christ and that we have been granted the blessings of Christ because of who we are as His called children?
The theme was "The Crossroads". Have we made the decision to turn right and follow Christ, leaving everything else behind or are we on the path to the left, living for the world? We have been called to be disciples and to make disciples but do we understand exactly what that means? When we think about the original 12 disciples, they left everything, including their families to walk with Christ, to learn His teachings and to imitate His every behavior. Yes, they were able to physically walk with Him and we aren't but we can still walk with Him as we study His Word. We so often try to make God fit our lifestyles rather than patterning our lifestyles around God. God is God! He is not who we decide to make Him. When will we ever come to understand that? Why are we so afraid to live for Him and to let His Light shine from us? Why are we afraid of offending those around us by living a life of obedience? Why is it so hard for us to believe that God will do for us what He says He will do? Why can't we accept the promises of God in His Word? These are all questions that I am pondering. How about you? Do you realize that "church" is not what saves and gives eternal life? Its a true intimacy with the Father and a life that imitates His Son!! I am excited to examine myself as I begin to "study" the Bible, rather than just "read" it. How about you?
I've attached some pics of Isabel from the weekend, she had a great time with everyone. Scott and I had the opportunity to pray over Isabel with Brad and his family and it was such a special time. No, Brad isn't God, but to have a man who walks so closely with the Father sit and pray over my child and the life that she has ahead of her in Christ was more than words can describe. Scott and I pray that Isabel is set apart and that she grows up to do MIGHTY things to change this world for Jesus!! I can't wait to see whats in store for her and to watch her grow and produce fruit!!
Oh, and the messy picture, well, I let Isabel feed herself some spaghetti . . . . . she loved it and had to be bathed twice to get it all off!
Have a great day!
Angela
PS - She's sitting in my brother's lap clapping to the music of Beggartown . . . she's such a little worshipper!

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