...::: BULLET PROOF :::...
Proverbs 4: 20 - 27 - Above all else Guard your hearts!
~How to Guard your Life, Mind, and Hearts...
and how to stand in the gap to help protect your brother as well ~
A week before the retreat... we were so PUMPED! It was gonna be AWESOME! God was going to ROCK it OUT AGAIN! We had an INCREDIBLE Speaker coming from Rio. The same guy we had last year! ... then ... The DAY BEFORE THE RETREAT... Our speaker called, and said he had to go to the States for a family emergency... oh no... what are we going to do??? Are the kids all going to cancel??? Will they think this is just another SMASH night??? They will be so disappointed...... Can *WE* (the Smash leaders) actually pull off an ENTIRE weekend retreat... and make it powerful enough to rock our kids' hearts??? We aren't equipped... We have all the other details worked out... but We aren't prepared... what are *WE* going to do?????
Knock, Knock, Knock.... HELLO?!?!?! HELLO!!!!!!
IT'S NOT ABOUT Y-O-U!!! IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!!!!!
IT'S ABOUT ME... I AM YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR... THIS RETREAT IS ABOUT ME! I WILL *STILL* ROCK THEIR HEARTS... IT WASN'T ANY SPEAKER THAT WAS DOING THAT ANYWAY... I AM! AND I WILL STILL BE!!!
IT'S ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...so we humbly said... "Yes, LORD!! Please forgive us!" ... and we spent the next 24 hours ON OUR FACES getting ready to hear what HE has to say!!! Then... we just jumped out there and did what He said! It was incredible!!!! :) The LORD IS MIGHTY TO SAVE!
The most powerful moment was Saturday night. We had a praise team there to do music, and they had left their equipment up at the front. Well... during free time, the kids started playing "AMERICAN IDOL" with the microphones! A couple got on the keyboard, some on the guitars... and they were all just singing and having fun. A bit later... as more kids started coming in... more joined in... and then they started singing praise songs. Jonathan grabbed his guitar and played without plugging up. All the kids came in, stood arm in arm, Singing LOUDLY praises to the KING! Singing at the tops of their lungs!!! It was the most powerful night!! It lasted almost 2 hours! The kids didn't want to stop!!! They didn't care who was standing next to them... how well they sang... tears streaming down their cheeks... raising hands to Jesus! It was so powerful! You could feel the Holy Spirit so thick... just kids... praising!!! No fancy band, no fancy music, no words put up on Power Point. ..... Just hearts ..... I am forever changed...
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