Wednesday-Thursday

We are alive, doing well and growing. One of the main things we hear your students saying is how they are relating their brokenness with their need to reconcile to their families. We want you as families to know as much as possible what your students are learning. Our church camp theme is "blueprint: a call to radical faith and obedience." On day one, they covered the idea of "Behind the Design" where they examined that God is holy and God is perfect. Everything He does is right. He is lacking nothing. They looked as Colossians 1:16 that says "He created it all and holds it all together." They learned the fact that God being is holy is one of the great things about his character, because we are able to trust Him with our lives. He makes no mistakes. They were asked the question, "How does God's holinessand perfection affect the way you live today?

On Wednesday they looked at the idea of "Laying the Foundation." They looked at the passage Matthew 7:24-28, looking at the foundation of two different homes. They were asked to complete the John 1 Foundation Test and aswered the following questions:

• The Word of God: Do you have a desire to know God's Word?
• Sin: Am I sensitive to my sin and quick to confess and repent (turn from sin)?
• Loving Others: Do I love 'the brothers' (other believers)? Do I have astrong bond with and/or love being around those who encourage me in the faith? How do I treat other believers?
• Obedience: Do I have a desire to obey the commands of God? Do I have a desire to know the commands of God? Do the things I say, watch, listen to, or people I ahng around reflect the world of Christ?
  
• Are you following in the footsteps of Christ

They sifted through what are false foundations that replace our foundation found only in faith by grace in Christ. Examples of false foundations were things such as Emotions (the need to feel God, having an emotional experience at some point, goose bumps, camp high), Deeds (Pharisees, reading/memorizing the word, go to church, etc), Other People (Youth Pastor, Pastor, family, receiving assurance from other people), Events (saying a prayer, baptism, going to church, filling our a decision card). Their TAWG (Time Alone with God) booklet exhorted them in the following:

When someone builds on the foundation of Jesus Christ and is obedient to His Word, the foundation affects everything they do. Their lives are different and that difference is noticed by people who are around them. Think about the people you listed above that you look up to as Christians. Would you say their lives are built on the foundation of Christ? You may want to talk to them. Ask them to meet with you and help you understand what it means to have relationship with Christ.