- Because I choose to.
Done, I’m keen for it. :D I’m not sure if I’ll be allowed to bring them (fire in such a dry place can’t be good) but I can bring some practice gear (maybe). :D
Haha, well, you should come visit us someday. ^_^ AND if you’ve got a passion for youth, then you should start it up again. ;)
Well, when you look at Jesus, he was friends with heaps of non Christians, right? My view is the same as His. I see no point in hiding myself away behind a wall where I only associate with Christians, because otherwise I’d never grow.
Jesus hung out with prostitutes, tax collectors and the worst of their society - I may not be quite to the point where I hang out with prostitutes, etc, but I put myself out there into the world where I could.
So my view is: count your non Christian friends as close, if not closer, than your Christian friends, because that’s what Jesus did.
YES! We should totally do a Tumblr meetup at Parachute, all the other NZ Tumblr’s there. :D
Yes, we do. :) Emit - Youth, Passion, Life. That’s us, that’s our motto. It’s good stuff… And yes, you nailed the Emit part - light! Emitting God’s love and light around us! :D
Ok, so I know I’m like, the Christian kid at school and stuff, and this means that I’m supposed to know everything about God and all the many millions of things that He does… But I don’t, and I’d just like to do a quick rundown on one thing. :)
Last night, I was overseeing/running the service with a good friend of mine. It went really well, aside from having one seriously drunk person there, who was asked to leave (on a side note, he was really good about it when we explained why he couldn’t be there - it was good).
So this was at the end of the message. For those that don’t know how we roll at our church, we rock it out with some worship at the start, dive straight into the message and then, if the message suits it, open up the alter for prayer and ministry.
I was standing at the back when this happened. My friend was closing off the service, saying that there’s coke and stuff in the foyer, you’re welcome to stay if you want prayer, etc.. The usual.
As people started to leave, I high-fived a girl that was going past. She stopped, and we had a quick God chat… Five minutes, not longer than that.
I basically asked her if she’d be spending enough time with God/praying, and she said she thought she’d been praying enough, but maybe not spending enough time with God… So that in itself blew me away, cause (and I know this sounds terrible) I didn’t really think she was that serious about God. (Man, that does sound terrible).
I then asked her if God had been talking to her lately, and if she’d been listening… And she said yes. Now I’m going through a stage of like, serious mind meltdown, cause this is awesome. :) It took me years to nail down that part of prayer, and she’s got it in less than six months or so? Epic.
This probably doesn’t seem so monumental to some people, and I know why… But to me, it’s awesome. :)
Yeah, and a sorta awesome youth group callet Emit! :D
And yesh, I have heard of Oamaru. :)
And YES! Parachute FTWIN! :D
Three years I think? :D