Faith trip like no other!!

Faith trip like no other!!

Monday, July 2, 2018

July 1: Closing Worship “Jesus Changes Everything”

I can’t believe it was the last day of the gathering. Yes, we are tired both physically and emotionally.... but we are filled. We are filled with love and learning; new friendships both out of and in FLY. We will walk away knowing that “This Changed Everything”. Bishop Eaton preached on the stories of Jairus’ daughter and the hemorraging woman. They are people desperately in need of the healing that Jesus can bring. Bishop Eaton talked of the times back then and when people could be in the temple or reasons why they couldn’t. So people were clean or unclean. Even today, we spend so much time separating our world into clean and unclean. But we all have things in our life that we probably don’t want to share with others... We are all unclean. And we try to get healed on our own but it’s not possible to be completely made whole without Jesus Christ. And no one is beyond hope. Jesus does more than heal... he changes everything. When Jesus told the woman that her faith had made her well, actually Jesus meant your TRUST has made you well. Faith is not that you won’t stumble and fall, it’s that with all of that you still trust. What Jesus is trying to convey is that your trust in Him is enough. So.... then we were asked by our other speaker “What is giving you joy and life this week?” What gives you joy in your life in general? Listen to the calling and bring it home. If our joy is only for this place this week than it’s not God’s Joy. God’s joy is for everyone. Bring it home because it changed you. Seeking joy, seeking life, can be hard in a world that is so messed up. Seeking joy does not mean we ignore the world’s deepest pain. There is hard work to do.... so ask the hard questions. And with it, trust that the God that changed everything through love, grace, hope, and Jesus CHANGED YOU and is with you. Are you ready!? Closing worship with over 30,000...how do you even begin to wrap your head around it? ...awesome, moving, grace filled, humbling....using our last bit of energy we have in us. And then to share communion with that many people?! You feel that in the deepest part of your heart, trust me! They said, “It is ready. Come to the table where Jesus Changes Everything.” 9 days together. It changed everything! As always, love ya FLY! Tonya

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