Abandon Weekend 2013 Recap!
What do you get when 500 students and leaders join together to serve God together?
Life change.
We finished a great weekend serving the community with over 500+ students from churches in the area! I love partnering with other groups and serving together. Our purpose at Abandon weekend was simply to be the hands and feet of Christ.
I'm grateful for other student leaders who didn't just plan another "get-together" but instead led students out on mission for Christ. If we only tell students how to serve God and never put it into action, I believe we stunt their spiritual growth.
Students learned to serve with all of their heart. Students responded to Christ.
What an amazing weekend!
We were excited to see that the Ocala Star Banner covered the story and shared it with the community.
Facebook Official - Week 1
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Week 1: “New Friend Request” The Word: Romans 12:14-21, Colossians 3:13 Main Thought: Conflict has the potential to make a friendship stronger—or tear it apart. We decide which.
Source SM Recap: Volume # 28
Current Series: Facebook OfficialTitle: “Relationship Status Update”
Main Thought: The reality of what is inside a person is more important than what we see on the outside.
The Word: Genesis 2:18-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, Proverbs 5:1-5
Message Explanation: We all face pressure, especially with our RELATIONSHIP STATUS. What happens on the inside is more important that what is on the outside.
Let’s go to the beginning as we discover what the Word says about relationships:
Genesis 2:18: Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
Genesis 2:21-23: So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
“woman (WO-MAN!) is “isha” means she had her source in him.
Why do unhealthy relationships form?
Focused on lust not love. Love waits. Lust takes. As guys we have a built in desire to be conquerors and to “save the damsel in distress!”
Guys need respect and struggle with insecurity. We look confident but under the exterior but want to measure up. “Mr. Confident and good looking is usually the most insecure!”
Guys are visually driven. We want what we see, what we find so attractive in a person, to be a reflection of the entire person.
Proverbs 5:1-5: “My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel. 2 Then you will show discernment, and your lips will express what you’ve learned. 3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil. 4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.6 For she cares nothing about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.”
Why do unhealthy relationships form?
- Dating like you are married. Girls are emotionally driven. Girls will lie to themselves that “this guy will change.” Acting married shows up in how they talk, act and spend time. It creates an “ownership” mentality that is only meant for covenant marriage relationship.
Proverbs 31:30: “Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”