Today is our last full day of camp. It has been an incredible week here in Estes Park. We have had 5 students place their faith in Christ and step into the Kingdom of God. Last night Afshin spoke out of Matthew 6 and John 17. A couple of the things he said really stuck out to me from his message: "If the reward of heaven is Jesus, and we chase after anything else we are denying that truth" And one of the things that hit us hardest was a reminder: "The greatest gift we've ever received (salvation) came because God denied the prayer of His son in the Garden of Gethsemane." What great perspective for us as we often pray and lose hope when God doesn't answer our prayers the way we want Him to.
This morning, Afshin spent time in Matthew 5 talking about the Beatitudes and what life in the Kingdom of God should look like. We're anticipating great things today as we finish up camp. Tomorrow morning after our final worship session we'll load the bus and head to Denver for lunch followed by an afternoon at Water World. We will then eat dinner and travel to Colorado Springs to spend the night at Discovery Christian Church and will return to Rio Rancho on Saturday morning. Thank you to all who have prayed and or supported our students this week. This isn't just a fun week - some of our students crossed over from death to life! We cannot put a price tag on that! I'm so blessed to be the youth pastor of such a wonderful group of students
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