This summer is shaping up to be a great one for Rocky Mountain High. We are going to offer a couples RMH this year for the first time. We already have 4 couples signed up and several others that are expressing interest in coming. If you're interested in coming please contact me or check out the couples RMH website at http://www.springcanyon.org/rmh/couples.htm. We would love to have as many RMH alumni come as possible. This will be an amazing week of growing closer with your spouse, and growing together towards Christ.
God has also been working in us as a staff, and preparing us for some awesome ministry. We are making some small changes to the program that I think will really help to establish Christ as our focal point, and increase the impact the week has on everyone involved.
We are still working on the high ropes course. The snow and cold winter temperatures have slowed things down a little, but we still anticipate having the course ready by this summer.
As we start gearing up for the summer there are a few needs that we have in regards to gear. If you feel God calling you to help meet those needs, and are at a place in your life where you can help, please check out the 'Needs' column on the right. If you would like to help, but cannot do so financially, please lift this program up in your prayers. Support from people like you helps us keep the cost of this program as low as possible.
I pray that God continues to bless you, that He gives you favor among men, and that He grants you victory in all situations.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Be Strong and Courageous
I was spending some time in the Word recently and felt God leading me to read the book of Joshua. I started reading in Joshua chapter 1 and didn't make it past verse 9. It struck me how many times God told Joshua to "be strong and courageous" in those first 9 verses. Usually, if I hear something three times I figure God is trying to get my attention, so I better listen. So I asked myself, why was this such an important thing for Joshua to hear? Why did God have to tell him three times?
I decided to check the concordance in my Bible to see how many other times that phrase showed up. The limited concordance in my Bible only showed that exact phrase in Deuteronomy 31. I looked it up and it's mentioned three times in that chapter also. The phrase in used as Moses is passing the mantle of leadership to Joshua. So again I ask myself, why is this so important to Joshua?
Maybe God was trying to get the message to Joshua because Moses wasn't strong and courageous when it came to crossing the Jordan. Maybe God was trying to tell Joshua that he would need to be strong and courageous to surpass Moses. He would need those qualities in the battles and trials that would face him as he led the Israelites into the promised land. He would need those qualities to be the leader that God wanted him to be.
So why did God want me to read that? What message do I need to get? Maybe I need to be strong and courageous if I'm going to be the leader that God is calling me to be. Maybe God sees something in my future that will require me to be strong and courageous, and He is preparing me now for that.
My concordance also led me to 1 Corinthians 16:13 where Paul says "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in Love." I like that Paul added "Do everything in love" to being strong and courageous. Many times, especially as a leader, it takes strength and courage to do things out of love.
Going back to Joshua, the end of God's charge to Joshua says "for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." I think that needs to be the source of our strength and courage. It should not be rooted in our own potential or accomplishments, but in the promises that God has given us.
I challenge you, in whatever sphere of influence you have, to be strong and courageous. It will take strength and courage to be the men and women God has called you to be. Lead out of love, and finally "Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
I decided to check the concordance in my Bible to see how many other times that phrase showed up. The limited concordance in my Bible only showed that exact phrase in Deuteronomy 31. I looked it up and it's mentioned three times in that chapter also. The phrase in used as Moses is passing the mantle of leadership to Joshua. So again I ask myself, why is this so important to Joshua?
Maybe God was trying to get the message to Joshua because Moses wasn't strong and courageous when it came to crossing the Jordan. Maybe God was trying to tell Joshua that he would need to be strong and courageous to surpass Moses. He would need those qualities in the battles and trials that would face him as he led the Israelites into the promised land. He would need those qualities to be the leader that God wanted him to be.
So why did God want me to read that? What message do I need to get? Maybe I need to be strong and courageous if I'm going to be the leader that God is calling me to be. Maybe God sees something in my future that will require me to be strong and courageous, and He is preparing me now for that.
My concordance also led me to 1 Corinthians 16:13 where Paul says "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in Love." I like that Paul added "Do everything in love" to being strong and courageous. Many times, especially as a leader, it takes strength and courage to do things out of love.
Going back to Joshua, the end of God's charge to Joshua says "for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." I think that needs to be the source of our strength and courage. It should not be rooted in our own potential or accomplishments, but in the promises that God has given us.
I challenge you, in whatever sphere of influence you have, to be strong and courageous. It will take strength and courage to be the men and women God has called you to be. Lead out of love, and finally "Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
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