Urbana 03 was an amazing experience I will not forget. The theme was "Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done." Praise the Lord for giving us the opportunity to experience Him. He met with us, and after hearing His calling, we'll never be the same. I've anticipated it since Sept. and excited to hear His call for me as a student.
It was a great convention for myself and thousands of other delegates. The sermons were powerful, the worship was moving, and the seminars insightful. I took something away from every aspect of it. I was most strongly impacted by my small group; we spent time together twice a day to study the Bible, and share with each other what the Lord was revealing to us daily. It was such a blessing to meet with other students who have a passion for God's Kingdom; encouraging and praying for one another.
Three important lessons that I took away were:
1. We must first repent and give up our idolatries of this world. This includes self-fulfillment, self-comfort, our dreams/ambitions and affluency in order to take up our cross to follow Him.
2. We are all called to go and serve God's Kingdom. It's not a choice, but a command. Luke 10:3 "Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves."
What risks are you willing to take for Jesus knowing the many dangers in serving our Lord? A speaker quoted, "It is very costly to follow Christ, but it is far more costly not to follow Him."
Luke 12:48 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded: and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
This is something that we can all reflect on, because we as North Americans have been blessed with so much more than the rest of the world.
3. Jesus will take your weakness, fears, and things you thought will disqualify you from serving, to empower you with His strength by the Holy Spirit. Doubt and feelings of inadequacy in ourself is not a legitimate excuse to refrain from obeying Him. It is rather the dependance on the Holy Spirit in our lives that helps us carry out God's Will.
It was a great convention for myself and thousands of other delegates. The sermons were powerful, the worship was moving, and the seminars insightful. I took something away from every aspect of it. I was most strongly impacted by my small group; we spent time together twice a day to study the Bible, and share with each other what the Lord was revealing to us daily. It was such a blessing to meet with other students who have a passion for God's Kingdom; encouraging and praying for one another.
Three important lessons that I took away were:
1. We must first repent and give up our idolatries of this world. This includes self-fulfillment, self-comfort, our dreams/ambitions and affluency in order to take up our cross to follow Him.
2. We are all called to go and serve God's Kingdom. It's not a choice, but a command. Luke 10:3 "Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves."
What risks are you willing to take for Jesus knowing the many dangers in serving our Lord? A speaker quoted, "It is very costly to follow Christ, but it is far more costly not to follow Him."
Luke 12:48 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded: and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
This is something that we can all reflect on, because we as North Americans have been blessed with so much more than the rest of the world.
3. Jesus will take your weakness, fears, and things you thought will disqualify you from serving, to empower you with His strength by the Holy Spirit. Doubt and feelings of inadequacy in ourself is not a legitimate excuse to refrain from obeying Him. It is rather the dependance on the Holy Spirit in our lives that helps us carry out God's Will.
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