If you are interested in purchasing a CD of pictures taken during the Totally His Youth Conference; please let us know. We will be selling the "Totally His album" for $10 a piece. This will be two CDs full of a variety of images from the week. Purchasing this will give you the capability to make a slideshow; print pictures of activities for scrapbooks, frames, etc.; upload to facebook; or share with your family and friends your experience at Totally His Youth Conference 2010!
While this is a very important role in the physical realm; it also holds high significance in our spiritual lives. One of the devil's tactics is to lead Christians prey to discouragement. When other believers are able to come alongside those who are struggling and help to lift them up through prayer, service, words of wisdom, etc. it inspires that Christian and gives him the courage to "finish strong" pressing toward the "goal" of the high calling which is in Christ Jesus. Just as encouragement is an important factor in a healthy and effective team; so it is also an essential element in the body of Christ. Although this is an important role; it is not always recognized. Many people are too busy promoting themselves to give time and thought to encouraging those around them and are unknowingly undermining the effectiveness of their unity and teamwork.
Team Chants...
Just Being Together...
Quiet Talks...
or together cheering your team on to victory... :)
On a hot summer day, especially when playing sports; thirst is a natural response of the body and is in fact an indicator of life. If someone was never thirsty or never required water to stay hydrated; you may begin to wonder if they are a real living person or merely a robot functioning only by programmed commands. Also, thirst is a safety factor helping to keep you alive. Without proper hydration, the body would no longer be able to function. Thirst is a God-given "low fuel light" that reminds you to give your body the hydration it needs in order to stay alive.
While this may seem like stating the obvious, there are many Christians who do not realize the significance of comparing these physical facts to their Spiritual walk. Every day we are surrounded by people who are walking through life without ever demonstrating a thirst for the Lord Jesus Christ; including professing Christians. Thirst is an evidence of life. Are you merely a robot trained to follow rules, regulations, and maintain spiritual disciplines so that people will think well of you? Or because you have been "programmed" that it is the *right* thing? Or do you have a hunger and thirst for the Living God that displays HIS LIFE living in you.
Matthew 5:6 says, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." When we are truly thirsty, we long for that drink, and we continue drinking until our thirst is quenched. Do you have a thirst that longs to know the Lord? that continuely draws you back to the Word of God because it cannot be quenched? Or are you satisfied by only a swallow? Where is your "thirst meter." Do you long to be "filled" with the presence of God? Without being repeatedly filled by the Lord, and spending time "soaking up" His presence; we would not be able to function spiritually. Our thirst keeps us coming back to Him for the Spiritual hydration that is necessary in walking with Christ.
We are the temple of God; the place where the lost can see Christ. What does your level of thirst evidence to the world? Are YOU alive?
harnessing the strengths and weaknesses of your team in order to achieve the greatest potential...
keeping a joyful attitude despite the bugs, heat, or "obstacle" set before you...
...and working together as a team to help one another...
...so that every teammate may finish strong!
