Well, I have been home less than a day from Cincinnati. I am exhausted and encouraged. Worn out and lifted up. It was a great week of serving where we witnessed God at work.
I am so impressed with the team that went to Cincinnati. They very seldom complained and almost always did what was asked of them. They served the people of Millvale and allowed God to penetrate their hearts.
Saturday night's devotional time was a great ending to an awesome week. I witnessed this group of students worship God in a way I had never seen them worship ever before. Their hearts were connecting with God's. They praised God without reservation. They poured out their hearts as they sang. Then they shared what they brought with them that they were leaving behind or what they were taking back with them. This was not a reference to their clothes, but to what God had done in their lives. I was amazed at what some of them shared. I saw a fire for God. I witnessed them experiencing a new passion for God that some of them admitted they had never experienced before.
My prayer is that their zeal does not grow cold and that their passion becomes contagious. These young people went to Cincinnati hoping to have a good time and serve others. Not only did they accomplish that mission, they found God dwelling in the inner-city of Cincinnati. We all found a God that - as the apostle Paul said - can accomplish more than we can ask for and imagine. And that is a mission worth going on any time.
shine!
Jason
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