"Free"

Ok well Andy Tilly used this in one of his messages at camp and I'm going to use it because I thought it was really good.


He started out saying that his Grandpa had given him some advice saying, "Everything given to you for free is worthless."

So that makes sense I guess----NOT!

That's not true at all, because guess what? The most valuable thing in your life was given to you for free. Yup you guessed it, the gift was:

Life.

God gave you a free life, free!

So if it's free then why are you using it for yourself?

pass it on! give your life to someone! and not just one someone, be a servant to everyone!

Jesus gave you something, so use it! and not for yourself.

Because if I can tell you something right now that not what Jesus gave it to you for.

So what will you do? Will you use it for yourself? Or will you use it to be a servant to everyone around you?

Your Love

Well I just got back from church camp and it was AMAZING!

I'll share some highlights later once I am fully recovered from being completely wiped out.

But for now I'll just share some lyrics to a song that really moves me every time I hear it.

Hope it does the same for you!

Father true and merciful Bound to me with love Adopted in free from all sin Jesus Saviour glorified Your offering none could give I stand before You humbled and in awe And allTo You GodFor all You are to me There is nothing like There is nothing like

Your Love! Your Love!

Holy Spirit gift of God Teach my soul to soar Train me in Your Holy ways oh Lord I love you forever I love you forever I love you forever Lord

(Hillsong United)

Camp WOW

Well everyone,

Today I'm leaving to go to Camp WOW!!!

So just pray for us all so no one gets hurt and that we experience God to the extreme!

see ya!!

-Jacob

Life is Beautiful

You can’t quit until you try You can’t live until you die You can’t learn to tell the truth Until you learn to lie You can’t breathe until you choke You gotta laugh when you’re the joke There’s nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? I know some things that you don’t I’ve done things that you won’t There’s nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home I was waiting for my hearse What came next was so much worse It took a funeral to make me feel alive Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral?

I absolutely LOVE this song!

The lyrics just mean a lot to me.

So I thought I would share it.

What it's saying is, Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful.

Even though things get tough.

Life is Beautiful.

Suns and Moons

On Earth there are two different groups of people: Leaders and Followers. The Sun and Moon is a good analogy of this.

We all know that the Sun shines and gives us all the light it has, And the Moon reflects off the Sun's light. So in order for the Moon to have light, the Sun must shine as bright as possible.

Another thought, if you were to look at our solar system at a distance you would see all the planets revolving around the Sun and looking up at it. So if you're a Sun, or a Leader then you must think about your actions before you make them, because your subordinates, or those younger who look up to you are reflecting what you do, and there is bound to be one watching.

So the question I'm getting to is which one are you? are you a Sun or a Moon? are you a Leader or a follower?

Everything

This video gives me chills everytime I watch it.

600 vs. 1

Ok well this is an example that my sister Anna used in her message on Wednesday night. So I'm going to steal it.

So is this guy in the Bible got one whole verse to tell one of the biggest truths of the Bible.

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel. Judges 3:30-31

Ok so now you saying, "Huh?" Let me explain

This guy Shamgar killed six hundred Philistine soldiers with and oxgoad.

Well now your saying, "Well what in the world is an oxgoad?" Let me explain that as well.

An oxgoad is a wooden stick about 8 feet long with a metal end used to herd oxen.

Well how in the world did he do that?

I've got one name, two words, and a exclamation point for you: He had God!

What is the moral of the story?

Nothing is impossible with God.

And yeah, I know you all hear that a lot, but really think about that. Absolutely nothing!

That's crazy to think about. That's the power in all creation.

And if you have God, then you have that power!

And if that's given to us, why not use it?

So my question is to you, are you using it?

And if not, why aren't you?

Growing Closer

Several times this week I have heard people say that they want a closer relationship with God.

And after some studying and having conversations with different people of greater knowledge of it all than myself, I came up with this:


When we start a relationship with God, God is stationary, meaning He doesn't move. Which also means that it is up to us to make it grow or lessen.

A common phrase that my Youth Pastor Ketric uses is that praying is talking to God just like you talk to your best friend. So isn't the way that we get to know our friends is talking to them and spending time with them?

Also, if God gave us a book to get to know him better, shouldn't we use that as well?
Because the way I see it is that The Bible is our instruction manual to our relationship with God. And with eternity at stake here, then we might want to look into that.