*the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces
*intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction
*ardent affection
I feel as though I'm a very passionate person. I'm hardly ever Goldilocks, you know getting & feeling things just right. I'm usually too hot or too cold. I don't care whatsoever or I care way too much.
As it were, those definitions of passion definitely define the incredible conference named such that I kicked off 2011 with. Passion 2011 was incredible, amazing, awesome, & so much more than that. There were some of the top Christian worship leaders, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, & David Crowder. Louie Giglio, Francis Chan, John Piper, Beth Moore, & Andy Stanley all spoke.
Do Something Now is the huge mission center in one of the conference buildings. 10 missions were set up with different individual goals that added up to a combined goal of $500,000. Quite a task for 22,000 poor college-aged kids. One of the missions was to rescue girls from sex trafficking in the Philippines, another was building wells for clean water in India, another was for small business loans in Afghanistan. All these are practical ways of showing God's love & demonstrating justice throughout the world.
"You're the Light in this darkness, You're the Hope to the hopeless, You're the Peace to the restless, You are" - "God of this City"
Every time someone asked me how Passion was, I'm not sure what to say. Its so overwhelming walking into Phillips Arena & seeing about 18,000 people. On top of that, its overwhelming having such amazing music & speakers. & its really moving & powerful to experience worshipping your God with 18,000 other people. I really don't think I can put into words how much I throughly enjoyed it or how much I really got out of it.
My goal at the beginning was to end up where I wanted to be with my relationship with God. I'm working on it. Haha. I know where I am & where I want to go from here. There are so many areas in my life where I have the opportunity to show love, compassion, & kindness. I need to learn to continually control my appetites, so they can't control me. I want be part of a church that isn't laughed at by Chinese Christians. I want to make much of Christ, so He can make much of me. I feel this drive, this passion that things are changing & things can really change. & fortunately, I am not the only one. Also, I know that I am not alone.
"& if our God is for us, then what could stop us, & if our God is with us, then what can stand against"- "Our God"
A million dollars was given to Do Something Now. Thats twice the goal. A student from Beijing came on stage & prayed for us in Chinese. A leading Brazilian Christian artist cam up & sang "God of this City" in Portuguese as Chris Tomlin sang it in English. This movement, this passion is so global, but yet so extremely personal.
I am so blessed to have gone to it. Passion was the way to start my year & I am so excited to see what God has in store for me.
The website: http://www.268generation.com/2.0/splash2.htm
"Your name & Your renown are the desire of our souls" Isaiah 26:8
With Christ's love,
Sincerely, Abigail.
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