The Warrior Within

Hey Students! We're just now back from a great weekend of High School Winter Camp up at Thousand Pines Christian Conference Center. It was an incredible time of worship and play, God-focus and snow fun. This was the most snow we have ever seen at Thousand Pines and despite the cold and wet, we had soooo much fun playing Kajabi Kan Kan, flag football, sledding and having snowball fights. Some even played paintball and went off roading (although most in our group was satisfied by hanging out at the Malt Shop or the Undergroung Coffee). The musical worship was led by Israel Escamilla and Band while our speaker was Matt Radley. Our theme for the weekend, as mentioned in the title of this post, was The Warrior Within and our Biblical passage was taken from 2 Corinithians chapters 3 & 4. Throughout our chapel times we were encouraged by Matt to remember that

"We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies." 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 (New Living Translation (NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.)

Through the Scripture and also the stories he shared about his life, he reminded us that God gives us His incredible power and presence to overcome the difficulties we often face.

If you were one who was able to be there this weekend, I pray that the things we've heard and done will stay with us even now as we have come off the mountain. If you were unable to go, I suggest that you ask someone who did about how God spoke to them this weekend. Follow the flickr link on this page and see some of the action.