In the morning...

Amazing weekend. Incredible. Wonderful. Christ.

This will be the first of many thoughts on this weekend as I continue to digest everything that I took notes on, experienced, talked about, and reveled in from Deer Creek @ Great Wolf. I want to start with a song first, that if you have ever listened to it know it's power. If you haven't, I suggest that you download it immediately...

"Give Me Jesus" ~ Jeremy Camp

In the morning, when I rise

In the morning, when I rise

In the morning, when I rise

Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, 

Give me Jesus.

You can have all this world,

Just give me Jesus.

When I am alone,

When I am alone,

When I am alone,

Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus,

Give me Jesus.

You can have all this world,

Just give me Jesus.

When I come to die,

When I come to die,

When I come to die,

Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus,

Give me Jesus.

You can have all this world,

Just give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus,

Give me Jesus,

Give me Jesus.

You can have all this world,

You can have all this world,

You can have all this world,

Just give me Jesus.

What a beautiful, wonderful song. A song of praise to the holy God who created us, loves us, sacrificed His son for us, and will be with us 'til the end.

The thought that has captivated my mind all of today and most of yesterday, was one made by Rick Scherr, area director of Northern Kentucky. In his seminar on lordship, he spoke about knowing the gospel story and how truly important that is. We must know and it intimately familiar with all of it, not just the 'nice' parts of it. However, taking it a step further, he talked about a concept that he refers to as: "last thought, first thought". What he means by this, is that you should make sure that the last thought that you think before falling asleep at night is focused on the gospel story. Then, when you wake up in the morning, not only do you make sure that you are thinking about the gospel story, but you read and re-familiarize yourself with the gospel story again to start your day.

Already this has significantly increased Christ's lordship in my life. I highly suggest giving it a try.