Tonight was another incredible night! Ps. Noe spoke more about the freedom Christ gives us. As he referenced Romans 7 and 8, I felt as though God was speaking directly to me. You see, after I recommitted last night and I had an incredible experience with the Holy Spirit as He filled me with a real sense of freedom from my sins and my preoccupation with romance coming my way... After that, almost immediately after in fact, I saw a fellow youth worker who happens to be my "type" and I began to daydream about the possibilities! So I can totally relate to Paul in Romans 7:14-25 as he describes his struggle. But, Romans 8:4-14 gives us hope and reminded me that I am a child of God - as long as I recognize where my thoughts are taking me and seek His help to cut them short, I am allowing His Spirit full control over my heart and life. I just have to do my part so that together the Holy Spirit and I can take every thought captive. It's not easy, especially as a hopefull romantic with a tendency to dream; but I know that obsessing over possibilities and day dreams generally leads me to selfish thoughts and actions instead of pointing me to heaven and God's will. So, it's definitely a challenge, but it's so worth the effort and collaboration!
Anyway, the end of service was what really made it an amazing night... Ps. Noe still had the youth ministers and workers/volunteers on his heart, so he had all of us come up front for the senior pastors to pray over us. After this he had every youth group join their pastors & volunteers for a time of corporate prayer as a youth group. Our little group of 13 got together and truly prayed from the heart. We were all praying out loud at the same time for the first time that I remember and the Holy Spirit was so present it was overwhelming! We ushered in the Kingdom of God in a very real way!! And to see and hear our kids call out to their heavenly father was so amazing!
(Pray for us that we share this incredible experience; that we don't just let it happen and move on, but let it change us and tell people about it!)
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