My Experience At Youth America - UNDEFEATED -

       On July 14-18 I was at Youth America in Oklahoma City, OK. It was so amazing. I had been dealing with a lot on the inside before I went. And God healed me. The worship there is great.. so extremely powerful. And that is one of the biggest things that touched me. I would be thinking about something that hurt me very bad during worship, and right at that moment someone would turn around and pray for me! RANDOMLY! But it wasn't random to Jesus. He knew what I needed... right when I needed it.
       I wasn't the only one who got healed from things at this camp. My friend Alex Carter said, "I expected the unexpected."       Lorrin Travis said, "It was really moving. God's love was shown. There are no words for how great His love is."       Shelly Moore said, "Youth America opened my eyes to so many things. It showed me that I am not perfect, I don't need to be perfect, I am strong in Christ, I don't need other people to tell me I am special or amazing in order for it to be true, and that I need to do more for God and His kingdom. Not only for His kingdom, not only for His glory, but for the benefit of every sinner (which I am as well). I also was taught how to love everyone for who they are and not what they have done or had done to me. I became set free through these lessons and now, I'm undefeated!"
        This really did change many lives... now we are off to change the world.

The Scandal Of Grace

At Youth America, an amazing church camp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the worship was amazing. An hour or more of fully surrendering to the King of the Universe through prayer and praise. It was breathtaking.
One of the songs they sang for worship was "Scandal Of Grace" by Hillsong United. The lyrics of the song say "Oh to be like You! I give ALL I have just to KNOW YOU! JESUS, there's no one beside You! Forever the HOPE in my heart!"
Oh to be like Jesus. To be like Him... that just takes my breath away. It's amazing. We are to be reflections of Him. We can never be perfect because our flesh won't let us. But Jesus is perfect, and being like Him means to give everything we have just for Him and His kingdom. It's Agape Love, to love like He loves. Agape means selfless love.
One of the best friends that I have ever had told me about Agape love. It seriously changed my life because I realized that Love is not just a feeling. It is a true action. Agape love is the love that Jesus Christ displayed for us. He loves us so much that He came to Earth in the form of man to die for our sins. Only sinless human blood could pay the price and pay our debt. No human is without sin.. so the God of all creation chose to put Himself in flesh(Son) and live a selfless life and suffer to death for our sake. He took the form of man to reach us. Now nothing can separate us from Him, except for our personal sin. Our personal sin can be forgiven now though.. by the blood of Jesus Christ poured our for us ALL.

See, the pressure is off us. No one is less because of the sins they committed. No sin is greater or less than the other. Jesus died to pay the debt of all. Jesus is the God of many second chances. "The scandal of grace, You died in my place so my soul will LIVE."

Jesus, thank You. You literally gave it all for us. Put Yourself in flesh to die for us. You were Your own father and died for us. I love You, Lord. Forgive us for all that we've done. I know, now, that You aren't mad at us. You are mad about us. You love us with such a deep and beautiful Love that I don't even think I have fully comprehended yet. It's so deep, Lord.. thank You. Reaching out to us, You died a humbling death. You came in flesh and left in flesh in the most humble way. Forgive us Jesus. Humble us. Use us in ways we never thought possible, so that the world will know Your name. They shall all know Your name one day, and every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that You are God. We love You Jesus. Hallelujah to the King of kings, the Almighty God, Savior, Prince of Peace. I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over ever individual reading in Jesus name. Help us remember You in every thing we do. You are not mad at us for what we did. In fact, You died for us. You reached out to hold our dirty hands. Clean us Jesus! I rebuke the devil away from every reader in Jesus name! WE ARE NOT BROKEN ANYMORE! WE ARE FREE! Show us what to do for You, Lord. Make us whole again, make us whole. I love You Jesus. We will fight to follow. We will fight for Love. Every household is restored in the name of Jesus Christ! Set in line everything that has fallen out of place in Jesus name! I send angels to protect and minister to every individual reading and their lives and families in Jesus name! Amen.

FIGHT TO FOLLOW! 
FIGHT FOR LOVE!

Day By Day. Moment By Moment. We Are Undefeated!

  2014 is here. My dad told me just the other day that he remembers when 2014 seemed forever away. But here we are.. January 10, 2014. 

I believe that this year holds some seriously huge, amazing, humbling, successful events. There are 355 days left of 2014. But let each day come, and as soon as you wake up.. devote your day to Jesus. Don't worry about tomorrow. Think about right now. I heard someone say once that we really only have this moment. We learn from our past and look toward our future but the place we are in now is what's most important. Because the now was once the future, and the now will be the past. It's pretty amazing actually. Time.

I bet these past ten days have thrown some challenges at you. They sure have for me. But I've been lacking something... If I commit each day before Jesus right as they come, I know for sure that I will conquer. I started doing this after Youth America and over time I stopped. But when I did this and truly meant it... it made all the difference.

When you truly hunger after Jesus and you want to glorify Him in all you do.... you realize that this day isn't yours at all. Jesus puts us here with everything we need. As soon as you wake up, put your armor on and prepare for battle. We can't take off our helmets or put our shield down. We have to live in each moment as they come and focus on living and loving Jesus. 

This literally helps. It's the key to consistency with Christ. Jesus won't force His goodness on us. We have to take it. So if you wake up each day praying, putting on your armor, being thankful, repenting, and devoting the day to Jesus you will succeed and keep your focus. There will be times of mess-ups and disappointments... we live in the flesh that is tempted all the time. But that can't stop us! We are called by Jesus and mediocre lifestyles are not what we are called too.

What happened last year or the years before don't define this year. Make this year count. Do it for the glory of Jesus and seek Him. You won't regret it. 
The devil can't compete with joy because he's never had it!
You can literally accomplish your dreams. Take it one day at a time, one moment at a time, and do it for Jesus with all your heart. Dreams aren't fairy tales if you make them come true. 

It's 2014. We are UNDEFEATED!

"COMMIT your works before the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established."
(Proverbs 16:3)

"TRUST in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed.
DELIGHT yourself also in the LORD; and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
COMMIT your way unto the LORD; TRUST also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
And He shall bring forth you righteousness as the LIGHT, and your judgement as the noonday.
REST in the LORD, and WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.
For evildoers shall be cut off:but THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD, THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH." 
(Psalm 37:3-9)

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 
Draw close to God, and He will draw close to you. Cleanse your hearts, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded."
(James 4:7-8)


Jesus, thank You. You hold us and You see everything from start to finish. You ARE the Alpha and Omega. You ARE the beginning and the end. Thank You JESUS! I plead the blood of JESUS over every reader! Show them Your Love in such a way that they would be changed and never turn back to the former ways. Jesus you make all things new. Use this year and us for Your glory. Help us see Your Light always in all that You do. I send angels to protect and minister unto all of us in Jesus name! Amen.


                                               
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Life In Knowing You And Freedom From All Fear

 This summer, I had the privilege of going to the best church camp of my life with my youth group. The experience we had at this camp seriously changed our lives... and I can speak on behalf of them because we all agreed that Jesus used those five days to move us.  

Words cannot describe how heavy the presence of Jesus was in those services. Worship was amazing. I can feel Jesus just talking about it now. There was a song that they sang a lot during worship called "Promise." This song was written by the ministry itself: Youth America. Every time they would sing the lyrics to this song, I would just cry out with pure passion in what I was saying... "I find life in knowing You and freedom from ALL fear!" It hit me so hard. I really feel like there are some people reading this that just feel stuck. I gotta tell you, I understand this. It's not even just a feeling. It's real.. and it's not suppose to be that way. The Bible tells us that we are called to freedom. This, my brothers and sisters, is so true.It's not just a philosophy that we are to believe in. There is proof behind this.

Are you one of those people that need proof in order to believe something? Like, you have got to experience it yourself for you to know it is what they say it is? Well, that is me. I believed Jesus was real, but i was stuck... hurt... empty... lacking. I needed that proof for myself that Jesus was who He said He was.

A couple years back, the summer of 2011, I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. This was that missing puzzle piece that I had been lacking. I had always tried to fill in that void with things that promised fulfilling. But I hadn't truly felt whole until I received the baptism of Jesus's spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. (Acts 2:4) 

This is the Love that I always wanted. True Love.

In Acts 2:39, Apostle Peter says that this gift is for everyone who is placed on this earth. This is for everyone who Jesus calls to be here.(that's all of us) This is a PROMISE and it is for you and generations to come.

In Acts 2:37-38, someone asked "What do we do?" Peter told them exactly what to do....Repent, be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.


Romans 8:9 says that anyone that does not have the spirit of God inside them isn't His.

John 3:5 says we must be born of the water and the Spirit to enter into the kingdom of Heaven.

This is truly what set me free. You are called to freedom. 

"Ask and you will receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you." ~Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:7)

"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another." Galatians 5:13

Thank You Jesus for this FREEDOM! Heal us today! Make us FREE! I plead the blood of JESUS CHRIST over everyone reading in JESUS NAME! I ask that You would fill them with the Holy Ghost as they seek You, Jesus! SET US FREE! In Jesus name, Amen.