Encounter Generation Conference
February15
You asked, we delivered! Here is some information for you and your parents regarding the upcoming EG Conference hosted by The Father’s House in Vacaville CA. Click here to download the information form. Be sure you give it to your parents so they can be in the know! I hate getting phone calls from confused parents! Just print out the form and give it to them!
And again, I wish I could go. =[ I get to miss out on this fun trip unfortunately. =[ Well since I can’t go everyone who is reading this and is going, you make sure that you have the best time of your life while you’re there.
Cant wait for encounter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO!
I have to tell you guys about my expreice at Encounter
The Touch of God
February 27th, 2009
It all began after I had watched a disturbing video that’s about the world’s terrible issues such as: suicides homosexuals, teen pregnancies, anorexia, abortion, drug addicts, smoking, physical fights and people starving around the world. As soon as the video was over, I began to feel God’s spirit flowing through me. A great deal of sadness was going through my body. My legs were shaking, and I had realized that I have taken my life for granted. Tears were flooding my eyes. I ran to the alter planting my face into the carpet as if something terrible in my life had happened. One of the leaders began praying for me after a few minutes of crying, I felt recovered of my sadness. It was God that gave me that deep sorrow so I feel how he feels about this messed up world. After that, I began praying for other young people. It felt good because it was my opportunity to not think about myself. The whole sanctuary was filled with the presence of God. From This day forward I will use my life to guide others to Christ, because nobody should go to hell. Due to the world’s terrible culture the people of the earth need an answer. Lastly, I am grateful that Jesus is my lord and savior and I believe that I can be the miracle on this earth.
I just read Danny’s comment and i just had to add my input on Friday, But first i have to tell everyone if you were at Encounter or not that be came in with a BANG and ended with an explosion.
So as for friday afternoon i have to say it was just amazing i cant even describe it in words. The spirit of God was most defiantly there. I gotta say this that before Friday i had a large doubt that God was not real until the moment a lady i had never seen before never met and came to me and said ‘I feel like god wants you to know that even when you feel invisible, when you feel no one sees you, God sees you.’ and then another lady i had never met came to me and said ‘I feel like God wants you to know that when you feel self-conscious to remember that you are great in Gods eyes.’ I dont think i would have believed that if it come from someone i knew, but i believe that God knew that i wouldn’t absorbed what was being said unless a person i never met said it a person that knows nothing about me. Then Friday night OH did we cover some serious subjects, It was hard for me because there was a video about: suicide, Self induced pain, homosexuality, teen pregnancies, anorexia, abortion, drug addictions, smoking, physical fights and people starving around the world, before i didn’t see it but, People i know people who are my friends, my family they do these things, so that made me feel like it was ok. BUT ITS NOT! I was taken aback by the fact that i was here Worshiping God with all my heart and soul and my so called friends were out doing God only knows what, but mostly i was taken aback by the fact that if i wasn’t here worshiping God I would be with my friends doing what there doing, the same thing i have done, but will never do again. I was mostly moved by the fact that 99% of the people i hang out with, They do or have done at least one of those things, and i would have to say yes i have done more than one of those things, but that night i just had to put it in the past, i mean drop the addiction, FORGET IT IT’S OVER. I’ll never hurt myself just because it was easier that dealing with my feelings, and i will never think or attempt to end things once and for all. ITS OVER! I finally feel like a true Christian, for so long i felt like an out cast but God showed me I’m not i just had to learn the truth. I had been struggling through some stuff at the end of last year and the beginning of this year but i felt God just wanted me to lay them down at the foot of the cross for him to carry, not because he has to, but because he chose to. Somewhere in the 3 days someone said he prayed that we would all be hungry and i truly was, i was hungry for more of God. I wanted that conference to go on for all eternity but then i thought I dont have to be at a conference, it doesn’t have to be a special thing for me to praise God like think i can do this at home at church, ANYWHERE. I will always remember that last thing that night that i felt God said was that God is always right there walking wit us even when we feel perfect he’s there or when we are climbing the highest mountain that God’s not only walking with us he is carrying us through the battle through the struggle, until we are on flat land again. The second i realized God was really and truly real i was reminded of PSalty the song book and where he was talking about agoppay love, that Gods love is stronger tan no other
I’m really glad for you Katie that you got an encounter with God and that’s what its all about. I admit to all you guys that I felt empty before I went to the conference and my self -confidence was almost not existent and my life was not together the fear of man was in me. But, going to the conference really chanced my life I have a new since of peace that I never felt before. One of the pastors “Adam Mccain.” He told us that we need to resist the devil and fight temptation. That touched me so much that I never want to fall into temptation again. Katie I felt a lot of the same things you felt before we both went to the conference. My life is restored and now I’m downloading a lot of the sermons from the Father’s House From their website http://www.tfh.org and I’m listening to more of their sermons to get more spiritual fulfillment. One last thing I want say to all you guys is that you don’t have to be at a huge event to experience the rain of God. All you have to do is cry out to God when you feel the need to and he will answer you.
I have to agree with everything Danny just said!
‘resist the Devil and he will flee’ I finally understand that you cant just resist once and fall back into old habits and not resist anymore, you have to keep resisting if he comes back.
I’m so glad I was able to encounter God in those 3 days, I don’t think I have felt this good in my whole life. I finally feel like a true child of God!!!
Due to this experence at encounter it really encouged my to lead my friends to Jesus. Today I invited one of my good friends to church and he said I might be able to go. Also, I let my 13 year old nephew listen to a message about guy who went to hell for 23 minutes. Once he got done listening to the message he told me that it moved him. He says he has been praying to God but he feels like God is not answering him. I feel that if he goes to church with me he will be confused no more
Danny I’m glad you felt God telling you to lead friends to church and I’m glad you asked a friend to go to church and I’m glad about what you did with your nephew! I felt God telling me the same thing but i also felt God telling me to detach from the friends i use to do stuff with that i should have never even thought about doing.