An awesome night with Jesus

Last night was another huge night for our ministry. The stage was ablaze with 328 candles and every heart was on fire for Jesus. The evening was unique in that we opened both programs for all ages...only we gave the students two entirely different experiences between Revolution and Powered Up. Revolution was given to a pillow war (which was the best ever!), small groups, and then teaching from myself. And then at Powered Up we had an Adoration experience. Although I was a little reluctant about the evening at first, it all worked wonderfully. The Junior and Senior High students mingled well, and most of them stayed the entire evening.

A few of my favorite moments include:
-Watching Caleb Whitehead and Aaron Fish go at it during the pillow fight...they pounded each other, laughing the entire time!
-Finding out that Zach's Levickas' mom is "blexican". She's a black Mexican. Who knew?
-Seeing the "sisters" pillow fight...Chelsea Medic and Katie Brown took on Natalie Medic and Jen Brown. The older sisters won but not by much. ps - CHELSEA IS A BEAST WITH A PILLOW!!!
-During the small group time no one could come up with a practical definition for "humility"...talk about confirmation that we were studying the right material. They may not have been able to define it when they came, but they certainly knew it when they left.
-Hearing "Cilantro Man" say, "Parsley!?! I use parsley for toilet paper!"...the laughter echoed in the CLC.
-Watching "The Grudge Guy" staple the broken ornament back onto a dead branch on his Christmas tree...priceless...even more laughter...
-Seeing the students walk into the CLC for the Adoration portion of the evening. The looks on their faces spoke of such great expectation that it was breath-taking.
-Noticing that the girl who had given her life to Christ last weekend...remember her?...the one who had never been to church before coming to Charter Oak Church that night...well she came back last night excited for more!
-Hearing the testimony from the student that threw away his cigarettes last weekend. He told me that he hasn't smoked since, and, what's more, he hasn't even had the urge to smoke. PRAISE GOD!!!
-Hearing a testimony from a student who has been struggling with cutting say that he hasn't cut himself for two weeks! NOTE: Two weeks may not sound like much to you, but for that student who struggles every hour of every day with the urges to cut himself two weeks is huge. Student, I know you'll be reading this...I'm so proud of you!
-Seeing how the Holy Spirit used Communion last night to...well...do whatever it was that He did. It was holy, holy, holy...that's all I know to say about it. Many of the students were literally trembling as they took of the body and blood of Christ. It was one of the most intense things I've ever seen. More so than ever, I was convinced that they were "doing it in remembrance of Him". Wow...I wish you could have seen it...
-Jessica got saved last night! Hallelujah!
-Ange was reminded of why she said "yes" to Jesus.
-Receiving 131 text messages in the last 13 hours about how blown away the students are...

Needless to say, it was a good night.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Thank you . Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Grace and Peace