Okay, so I have twenty minutes before I have to leave for work, and I really want to write about how AMAZING Student Awakening was last night.
Pastor Furtick was ONE FIRE last night. It was a middle and high school event, and he started the night off saying that he wasn’t going to treat us like kids, but like men and women, because that’s how he thought of us and that’s how much he respected us. Good Start. He preached a really deep sermon. The verses were Acts 20:17-24. He broke it down verse by verse. He hasn’t had Diet Coke since Sunday, so I was very surprised how fired up he was. Haha.
Basically, He told us that this year was THE year. That we didn’t have to conform to the ways that we had been. That he wanted each and every one of us to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. The first verse is Paul saying that every one knew how he lived. Pastor wanted us to be able to say, You Know How I Live, I Live in Jesus Christ My Lord and Savior. With out any doubt, every one who knows us should know that about us.
He brought up his High School reunion and how all the “popular” guys that he would’ve given anything to be like were complete deadbeats only ten years later. And how glad he was that he saw through the games of high school and stuck to His Word. There was A LOT more to the sermon. It was empowering, but not so full of “fluffy” stuff. It had the nitty gritty real stuff too. I’m not even going back to school on Monday and I’m ready for a new start.
Pastor Furtick gave a call to receive Christ as Lord and Savior last night. I snuck a peak to see how many people raised their hands. I didn’t think it’d be a lot because it was a Christian Student event, and of course it’d be mostly Christians there who loved Jesus already. WRONG. Over half of the auditorium gave their lives to Christ last night. Really truly an AMAZING move of God. Gives me goosebumps. If even just half of those kids stay true to their promise, Charlotte’s student campuses will be forever changed for His Glory.
Okay, times up. Work time.
