JCX 8/24/10

About last night …

-I think things just keep getting better and better. Now, I say that knowing that I personally had a few heart sinking conversations last night about the hurts and wounds that our youth are carrying around. So when I say “it’s getting better and better” it means this: we, as a group, understand that nothing else matters except for knowing Jesus and loving his people. As I talked with some of these friends of mine I got this overwhelming sense that even though they are struggling, they are enduring through and leaning and resting in Jesus. Awesome!

-Tiffany Hahn shared her story Tuesday night. WOW! She came from a real crazy situation and God has transformed her into an incredible woman of the Lord. She shared how the JCX peeps have loved her and prayed for her and how that “just didn’t happen” anywhere else in here life. She was told she would be a “waste of space” but was treated with love and dignity by her friends and by the peeps at JCX. Best part was at the end when she said this about Jesus: “Matthew 28:20 ‘Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age’. And it’s so true. Having one person care about me made that much of a difference for me. And I can’t even put into words how much better I am. And everyone here has made a difference in my life. Thank you to everyone.” So great and thank you Tiffany!

-Our focus was how to baptize with your life. We used Matthew 18 as our foundation and talked about what it means to “become like a child in the kingdom of heaven.” We spoke about how we live and not allow our choices, although not always bad, get in the way of what God wants to do in someone’s soul through us. We also spoke about how welcoming someone is not converting them. Welcoming is understanding that they have value and we treat them that way … because they are created by a God.

-Another great story from one of our JCX peeps next week. Also, we’re talking about how we baptize one on one. Get ready! See ya Sunday!