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RE: + Wild Kingdom

all i can say is WOW. two camps, 9 days. thats not an adventure you get everyday, and im so glad i took it ! i need to blog QUICK QUICK QUICK, before i forget it all D: its gonna be really long, i mean REALLLLLY LONG, so if you dont want to read it, i dont mind (:

first up, our PG1 RE:treat was A-MAAAAAAAAAAAZING ! like seriously, wow; like paul said, if you didnt go, you really missed out. the theme for the camp was RE: - the four steps we have to take to come to God. okey here we go (:

first, there was RE:turn; the fact that we must return to God. Mike gave us the story of the two sons from Luke 15, the younger one only wanting his share of his dad's money, but pretty much saying that that was all he wanted. even though that money was the father's life, the father divided it up and gave the younger son his part, leaving him with nothing. yet the son went off and spent it all on partying and 'living the life', and came back empty handed. the son realised that he had to return to his father, to repent all he has done wrong. when the father saw the son coming, he hitched up his skirt and went running to embrace him & throw him a huge party- this is like God! even though we go and use this life that we gave him doing what we want and return to God with nothing but sin, he spreads out his arms and takes us back, even if it means that he has to humble himself in order to do so. when the younger son saw this, he repented fully- the repentance does not bring the father's love; the father's love brings repentance. he isnt angry at the son, but rather rejoices (there's another re word! :D) at the return. many people may think that the younger son is what we are like ... but we must always remember the older son. he stayed at home with his father and did the right thing, but when the father threw a party, the older son got angry because the father was throwing a party with a share of what was now his money. however, it says in Genesis that 'you are your brother's keeper'. he also rages at his father, practically calling his fater by saying 'OI!'. this may be us- we may think that we are holy, that we stay with God all the time, but we could still be disrespecting God. but even after this, the father still calls him son, and asks him to join the party. Jesus left the story hanging here; he left it up to US to choose which son we are. either way,God loves us and forgives us; either way, we must come to the Father and admit that we have done wrong. God put his son, eternal love and eternal life on the table, to trade us with our sins. all we need is faith in him!

mike also talked to us about idolatry- what we keep our minds occupied with is what we worship. the thing we revolve our lives around, the thing that we act towards is our idol. we call God our idol, our Lord; but we are fake worshipers. we worship God for one hour a week, then put him aside again for the rest of our days for our phones, our friends, our image ... OUR idols. but we must realise that when we love something, you cant stop loving it and love something else; no, you must love something more. we have to fall deeper in love with God, love so big that it cant get any bigger! and not just on sundays; but all day, everyday.

we must RE:turn to God and RE:pent all was have done wrong.

second was RE:start; when we turn to God and repent(heyyyy im getting good at this! (o), God gives us a fresh new start. no matter what we've done in the past, no matter how much, God will always forgive us and take us back. paul told us that its like being a catapillar; when we are without God, we are ugly, small and seemingly insignificant. but when we RE:turn to God, he can take us from that something small to something magnificant- he can make us into a christian (: he touches peoples lives & changes them; in the bible, he even changed peoples names. but no matter what he changed, God changed peoples lives completely. and the best thing? as a christian, we have a spiritual life; an eternal life. we have the satisfaction of knowing that God WILL take us into heaven! when God touches our lives, we have to spread our wings that he gives us and fly into the sky (hey that rhymes)! what use is it if we receive wings and become a butterfly, and yet still act as a caterpillar? there is no use, thats what.

our sins hurt God; we must put it all aside and let it go. our hands are full with our sins, but God has a gift for us, a gift which is greater than all the gifts out there. he has a new life for each and every one of us!

okey third day ... oh wow i wrote these notes in red, what was i thinking ... well, third day was RE:fuel: in Psalms 1, it paints a picture of a tree. we are all trees, because just as no two trees are the same, no two people are the same. God wants us to be like trees- one that is not ashamed of the gospel, one that is deeply rooted in God, who has a deep relationship with him.

matt says that there are three steps to living deeply rooted in God. one: avoid frenamies.
we must stop hanging with people who effect us in a negative way; are we planted with people who are trying to steal our hunger for God, and do they control what our values are?
two: delight in Gods law
you become what you meditate on- meditate God's love, and it will be what you become. in order to be deeply rooted in God, we cant meditate on things of this world; ONLY GOD! God's worth brings comfort, love, forgiveness, etc ... it is the bread we should be eating.
three: enjoy God's blessings
when someone is deeply rooted in God, they can stand proud and strong when we stand in front of his throne- no fear! when judgment day comes, the wicked will perish.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAND day four: RE:act! this was a sermon done by paul, and i found it quite easy to understand (: the question behind this sermon was 'are you a milo christian or a nesquik christian?'. it might sound like a stupid question, but it makes sense;

when nesquik christians are put into the world (that is the milk in this illustration), they dissolve- they disappear into it. it is like saying 'i love you God, but i love the world more!'. they mingle with the non-christians of the world, but then get sucked into their ways and become one of them, away from God.

however, when milo chrisitans get into the world, they are mixed in; they mingle with their friends, listen to their music, read their books.. and yet, they still stay on top- they dont disappear into the rest of the world. if we stay headstrong, we can influence the people around us, and become the person who brings everything back to the good.

but first, we must come out of our church (or our cans) and into the world; John 17:15-18. we must get out of the church and into the world, as 'i am not of the world'!

and just a shout out for the year nines of saesoon; WE are the leaders of PG1- PG1 can only go as far as we lead them, because we are the standards!

okey i was going to write RE:treat and Wild Kingdom all in one, but thats WAYYYYY too long, right david? HAHA ill write Wild Kingdom separately ...

thankyou for keeping up this far, ITS SO LONG! sorry, but this is a recap for me too, so that i can look back on this (:

the bae x

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