I am at a Sports Ministry Camp in Colorado called Ultimate Training Camp (UTC) and plan to share with you the next 6 days what I have learned and how I am growing in my walk with Christ. I am really excited for this week because like my last post stated; I am in a dry period. I hope to discover areas in my life which I am blind to. I pray that God can open my eyes and take off my blinders to the struggles, lies, and darkness in my life. So that is what I hope to achieve in the next week. And here is what I learned and discovered tonight:
Tonight was short but I took away a couple points.
First, I learned a little more about the spirit. Tonight the spirit was described to me as a way for God to connect to us and have a relationship with us. God wants us to be close to him and this is through the spirit. The spirit isn't in anything other than human beings and it is made up of the soul, will, and emotions.
Secondly, I heard a great analogy for sin tonight that hit home. I'll share it with you:
For the sport of archery, the athlete shoots the arrow at a target trying to hit the small red dot in the center. Next to the target, a referee stands there to call out if he missed or hit the target. If the athlete misses the red center, the referee yells out SIN! (which translated means: missing the mark of perfection).
This is so funny to me that sin is mentioned in sports because so many times we relate sin to religion. But sin is just that: missing the mark of perfection. My perception of sin was always a bad evil thing, but it's just imperfection. Showing us that we are not perfect and need Christ to be seen perfect and redeemed.
These are the two things I took from tonight's discussion. The camp is just about to begin and I can't wait for what is to come. I just ask that you can continue to pray for me and my roommate this week. That our ears, hearts, and eyes are opened to things we are hiding from and try to ignore. Thanks! :0) and check back tomorrow for more!
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