More Than a Church Kid

In the teen Sunday school class that my brother teaches, we've been going through a 4-part video series called Dug Down Deep . I highly recommend it.  The first session was entitled, "What are you building your life on?"  In other words, what is the one thing that you think about most? What do you fall back on in times of struggle? What keeps you going? All aspects of life begin with our thought-life. (Proverbs 4:23) The answers to these questions vary greatly, even among Christians. We could be trusting in our current circumstance, a steady bank account, or our own self. You may build your life on whatever you want, but there is only one foundation that will give you unconditional peace, joy, and purpose. Everything else - even money - will fade away. (see Matthew 6:19-21) There is only one thing that will truly matter in the long run.  This foundation is - you guessed it - Jesus.  We as Christians may tune this out because we already know it.

My family and I were incredibly blessed last week to have gone to Camp Yolijwa's annual Family Bible Camp. The theme was "Made," based on Psalm 139:13-14: "You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful: I know this full well." Every night at camp we went up to an outdoor chapel in silence, and listened to a message pertaining the main point that day. This year's themes were practical, straight-forward, and easy to remember. (Sidenote: that's how a sermon should be - deep and thought-provoking, but still applicable). They directly and clearly stated every Christ-follower's mission: Know, Grow, Bro, Show, and Go: KNOW Memory verse: Psalm 139:13-14 Day one was about the care that God put into designing us - our bodies, our personalities, our lives, etc. Let alone everything else in creation. God spoke into existence things that our l