First Baptist Southern Pines should be so proud of the young people who attend church with each of you. They did an amazing job physically but they also all took it to a different level spiritually. Each morning we had a morning devotion after breakfast and we had one in the evening during our God moments.
Payton started us off with Matthew 28:16-20 sending out the disciples and yes there was twelve young disciples who came to Honduras this year to serve their Lord.. Payton challenged her friends and said "What is your mission here this week?"
Sarah did Monday evening John 13 where Jesus washed his disciples feet. Sarah shared how Jesus sacrificed His life for us. Jesus loves unconditional as we should go out and love others unconditionally as well.
Tuesday morning Morgan shared out of Matthew 9:35-38 how Jesus went out to the towns and villages sharing the gospel. We as well are going out to the village called Porvenir to share the gospel by helping this family meet a physical need and in turn share the gospel with them by. We are to continue these acts once we return to our homes. Live everyday as the hands and feet of Jesus.
Marrisa shared the evening devotional on Tuesday with Matthew 14:23-33. She shared three points from this scripture: 1. Jesus alone on the mountain. The boat was beaten down, just like our lives are sometimes beaten down. But there is hope for us. 2. Jesus told Peter to "Come". Peter walked on water to get to Jesus but he wavered even while on his mountain top experience. Jesus immediately reached out and took Peter's hand. Jesus does not leave us to drown. 3. Get out of the boat. We need to be bold as Jesus was, step out of the boat. This week I challenge us all to be bold and get out of the boat, step out.
Wednesday morning Sam shared my favorite bible verse Philippians 4:12-13. "I can do all things through Jesus Christ who gives me strength." Sam shared how this is hump day and we all have worked hard and pushed hard. We cannot do this without our strength in Jesus Christ. He is our only provision for physical and spiritual strength.
Wednesday evening Mallory shared out of John 6:27. We are here working hard, very hard in the hot environment we are not use to at all. If I can just lay one more block Lord. Why are we here this week? Mallory asked, "Why are we here?" We are here for the eternal work of God through His Word. We are here to build relationships with God and others. There is something more important this week than building a house, building the eternal things, which is found in Jesus Christ.. We need to honor the gospel and be servants daily of the Word.
Andrew did Thursday morning devotional. Philippians 1:19. It was a letter from Paul saying Paul wanted to be with Jesus but knew his work here was not over. So to gain is Christ and Paul needed to stay on earth a little longer to bear the fruit he was called to bear. So to live is Christ and we as believers need to live as is Christ.
Erin had Thursday evening devotion. She read out of Jeremiah 29:11. In my life I rely on this verse. What would Saul's life hold? What does our life hold? What does the Hondurans' lives hold? God already knows the plans He has for all of us, we simply need to be able to hear Him through our quiet time or while we are out and about, listen to Him all day, not just certain times of the day. We need him all day.
Caleb had Friday morning devotions. He read out of Ephesians 2:8-10. We physically did the work. But our God is the vessel. Sometimes we let pride get in the way. God can do this work with or without us. We simply need to submit to His will and let God lead us instead of us doing it without His strength. God prepared this entire week out for us to work for Him, not for ourselves.
Kendall did the devotion Friday evening. She read out of John 21:1-14. We can have God moments in North Carolina as well in Honduras. He speaks to us in many different ways. We need to wait on Him. We need to listen to Him for His sweet sweet voice to speak to us.
Saturday morning Chandler shared from Colossians 1. He shared we have come down here and completed a home out of faith in Jesus Christ. We did this not of our own but of the strength found only in Christ Jesus. We need to continue to exercise our faith in Christ Jesus as we go back home and serve others there.
On Saturday evening Taylor tied up the weekly devotional for her team with Romans 12:1-2. Mike, Pastor Bryan and I looked at each other and simply smiled. This was how Mike was going to close out our evening with this same scripture. Taylor shared how it is easy here to be a Christian now we need to go back home transformed and new to share our boldness we had here with others. It is so easy to go back home and get right back into the daily routines of life and where do we put Jesus in our busyness of life. Let's all go back with renewed minds and transformed hearts in the name of Jesus.
If you are reading this today and doubt our young people. Here are twelve disciples who can give us all hope in our future. These young people where a gift from God for Mike and I this week. Yes it does a take a whole village to raise godly children. So thank you to the entire village who raised up these twelve in such a way to glorify God this past week in Honduras.
God is so good and all the time God is so good.
We love you all so much.
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