Pics from Tuesday

Today we had a lot jam-packed in to the schedule. We started off with a Time Alone with God experience in which students were able to connect, listen and respond to God in their time with Him. Afterwards we "Braced Ourselves" for an amazing time at Kalahari Resorts. What an amazing place and what a time we had!!!

Tonight as we gathered together we spent some time talking about the experience from this morning. Today was about bracing ourselves to be loved by God. We challenged students to think about the amazing love that God has for us. It is too big to grasp or get a hold of. However, in Rom. 5:8 we get a glimpse at it. We see in this passage that God "Demonstrated" His love for us. His love was demonstrated for us as He died on the cross for us. What an amazing act of His love for us.

We do crazy things when we're in love with someone. We get dressed up for them, we buy something, we put on our best manners. But today the word "love" is thrown around and has lost its true meaning. It has become something empty that we just say. Has our love for God become empty . . . do we just say it but not mean it? Or do we look for ways to demonstrate our love for God? When we understand the love that God has for us and we accept it from Him our lives cannot help but be changed and transformed.