So basically I'm gonna give you a rundown of my awesome weekend at a church retreat with New Life called The Stand. If you want a short version you may skip to the bottom(#lazypeople)
The theme was Swagger and building confidence! I didn't really go into the weekend with a purpose for being there other than spending the weekend with some close friends I've made over the past two months.
Friday -
Worship was really good! I felt the pressence of God come upon me. Then Pastor Rick taught about swagger. The message really hit home when he said that God is going to use us in the place where were most afraid. I realized that we can't hold onto the ties of what we want to do, we have to do what GOD wants us to do. Then capture the flag after dark was awesome! :)
Saturday -
We had breakout sessions I went to: getting over your past, The Holy Spirit, and Swagger! Basically after going to all three! I realized that the Holy Spirit is our 'helper' and he's there to help give us the swagger to overcome our past and let go of hurts that we've dwelled on for too long.
Then the team games were awesome, we had a dance off at the end which was totally legit!
And then came the best part about this weekend, and quite possibly the best moment in my life up until this point! We had some intense worship, it was totally legit! I've never felt the pressence of god hit me like that! 'sidenote' I have some financial problems I've been dealing with, then during worship I actually heard the audible voice of God when a small moment if my financial problems tried to hit me! God told me ,"Just give it all to me, I'm in control!" I almost began to cry at this point! Then towards the end we had an altar call and I went up to one of my team leaders to be prayed for something I've been struggling with for years now that I've never told any of my friends cus I was too ashamed of it. And God used this moment to show me that he is in control of our lives, and he's here to help if we just let him! At this point of the altar call I began to ball my eyes out, (yes!! real men cry), because of the overcoming/ rushing peace I felt about everything going on in my life! Then I had the opportunity to be re-baptized! When I hit the water and came up to take take my breathe again I felt completely brand new! Like I was on fire for God! (it was super cold by the way)
These two moments combined on Saturday night are definitely the best thing that's happened in my life.
Sunday -
We ate breakfast, had alone time with God, and then team time to go over the weekend! Then we left!
Summary-
I had an awesome time worshiping God, made new good friends, and one significant close friend, had fun with all the games, and I got re-baptized! It was definitely legit!!
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