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I R E A D A N I N T E R E S T I N G A RT I C L E N OT TOO L O N G
AGO A BO U T A M A N W H O P O S S E S S E D T R E M E N DO U S
W E A LT H A N D I N F L U E N C E . H E L I V E D TO B E 8 9 Y E A RS
O L D. A L M O S T 7 0 Y E A RS O F H I S L I F E WAS C O M M I T-
T E D TO B R E E D I N G T H E P E R F E C T S P OT T E D M O U S E . H E
C O U L D H AV E C H O S E N TO P U RS U E A N Y C A L L I N G OR
U S E H I S VAS T W E A LT H TO H E L P M A N Y P E O P L E O N
T H I S P L A N E T, B U T I N S T E A D H E C H O S E TO B R E E D M I C E J U S T F OR H I S OW N P L E A -
S U R E . I WAS D E E P LY S A D D E N E D TO R E A D O F A L I F E W I T H S O M U C H TO G I V E
V I RT UA L LY WAS T E D O N A H OB B Y ! M A D E I N T H E I M AGE O F GO D, E QU I P P E D W I T H
AW E S O M E G I F T S A N D R E S O U R C E S , T H E M A N C H O S E A T R I V I A L P U RS U I T R AT H E R
T H A N D R E A M I M M ORTA L D R E A M S A N D P R E S S W I T H H O LY V I GOR T H E P R I Z E O F
T H E H I G H C A L L I N G O F J E S U S I N H I S L I F E .
I S TA RT E D M E TA OV E R 2 5 Y E A RS AGO F OR T H E V E R Y P U R P O S E O F C A L L I N G
YO U N G M E N A N D WO M E N TO S E E T H E H I G H P U R P O S E F OR W H I C H T H E Y W E R E
C R E AT E D. T H I S W E E K E N D I S A BO U T YO U S E E I N G T H E VA L U E O F YO U R L I F E — TO
S E E I T A N D D E T E R M I N E N OT TO WAS T E I T O N T R I V I A L P U RS U I T S. E V E R Y S E S S I O N
W I L L B E D E S I G N E D TO C O M M U N I C AT E O N E C L E A R T RU T H — YO U A R E VA L UA B L E
A N D GO D H AS C R E AT E D YO U TO DO GR E AT T H I N G S — F OR H I M ! I H O P E YO U W I L L
G I V E U LT I M AT E AT T E N T I O N TO W H AT I S P R E S E N T E D — I T C O U L D M A K E OR B R E A K
YO U R L I F E ! ! - B I L L
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6:00 DINNER CAPSTONE GIRLS
7:00 METATATION - ” A S I N G L E PA S S I O N ”
7:45 SESSION 1
MORE TO THIS L IFE JOHN 10:10
9:00 BREAK
9:15 BEACH GAME “L IFE SUPPORT”
10:00 LATE NIGHT POOLSIDE—CHOCOLATE
10:30 PGT OR POOL FUN
11:30 IN ROOMS
THE RUSH PART 1
TO LIFE VIDEO “MAKE IT COUNT”
FUN WITH D. J. SPRINKLE AND CO.
WORSHIP WITH THE META BAND
LIFE POINT (ADVICE AND INTERACTION W/ DAVID
MESSAGE (FROM THE OLD GUY!)
WORSHIP WITH THE META BAND
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MISSION OFFERING
THE RUSH PART 2
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There are plenty of things in your life to focus your energy on. Sports, Grades, Friends, Relationships
with boyfriend/girlfriend. And as you get older you will be told things that you need: House, Cars, lots of
money, a husband or a wife, children. While none of these things we have mentioned are necessarily bad
things, none of them can truly satisfy you, nor are they things that we should focus our whole life around.
R E F L E C T In a book that I read one time there was a quote that has
really stuck with me. It was a short little poem that said this:
“ONLY ONE L IFE ,‘TWILL SOON BE PAST; ONLY WHAT’S DONEFOR CHRIST WILL LAST. ”
W H AT D O YO U T H I N K T H I S L I T T L E P O E M M E A N S ?
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R E A D 2 Corinthians 5:14-15:
14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, there-
fore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but
for him who for their sake died and was raised.
R E S P O N D If we know and follow Jesus then we don’t live for
ourselves, but now we live for Jesus. If we really believed this and did it, HOW WOULD THAT
CHANGE how you act around your friends? HOW WOULD IT CHANGE how you present your-
self on Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)?
P R A Y Take some time to think through these things. Are you
living for yourself? The answer is YES! Ask Jesus to show you how you can more fully live out 2
Corinthians 5:14-15. ASK HIM TO SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE FOR 1 SINGLE PASSION-
knowing and making Jesus known.
W H AT A R E S O M E T H I N G S YO U T H I N K J E S U S WA N T S YO U TO D O D I F F E R E N T I N L I G H T O F T H E S E T R U T H S ?
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W H AT D O YO U WA N T TO B U I L D ?
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GOD, I PRAY THEE, L IGHT THESE IDLE STICKS OF MY LIFE THAT I MAY BURNS UP FOR THEE! CONSUME MY LIFE , MY GOD, FOR IT IS THINE. I SEEK NOT A LONG LIFE , BUT A FULL ONE, L IKE YOU LORD JESUS.
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V I S UA L I Z AT I O N S ( 3 )
T I N K E R TOYS
Q U E S T I O N
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9:15 METATATION - ” E V E R Y T H I N G LO O K S L I K E GA R B AG E ”
10:00 SESSION 2
WALK WISE EPHESIANS 5:1-18
11:15 L IFE GROUPS
12:00 LUNCH FIRST WESLEYAN GIRLS
1:00 BEACH TIME AND RECREATION, 3 - O N - 3 & C O R N H O L E P R E L I M S
5:00 GETTING READY FOR DINNER
6:00 DINNER FIRST WESLEYAN GUYS
7:00 METATATION - ” T H E I D O L FAC TO R Y ”
7:45 SESSION 3
PATH OF COMPROMISE
DANIEL 3
9:00 BREAK
9:15 BEACH GAME “ANGRY BIRDS”
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10:30 PGT OR POOL FUN
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Yesterday we talked about living for a single passion, knowing & living for Jesus. Today, let’s think about
taking that passion deeper. We want to love Jesus so much that it makes everything else in life look not
just secondary, but that’s hard to do. Mainly because we love other things/ people too much.
R E F L E C T What are some things and people that we commonly treat
as more important than our relationship with Jesus?:
R E A D Philippians 3:8-11
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake
I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in
him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and
may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection
from the dead.
R E S P O N D Read again what Paul wrote there. In verse 8 he said he
considers everything rubbish (literally garbage) in exchange for Jesus.
W HAT A R E S O M E T H I N G S I N YO U R L I F E T HAT YOU C O N S I D E R TO B E VE R Y I M P ORTA N T TO YO U ( S P ORT S, FAM I LY, F R I E N D S, E T C. ) ? W H E N YOU S E R I OUS LY L OO K AT YOU R L I F E , DO YOU VA L U E T HO S E T H I N G S M OR E I M P ORTA N T T HA N YO U VA L U E J E S US ?
HOW CA N YOU M OR E E F F E C T I VE LY L I VE F OR J E S US W H I L E YOU E N G AGE I N T HO S E R E L AT I O N S H I P S ( E XAM P L E - HOW CA N YOU S HOW C H R I S T I N T H E WAY YOU P L AY S P ORT S ? HOW CA N YOU HO N OR J E S US I N T H E WAY YOU I N T E R AC T W I T H YO U R F R I E N D S & FAM I LY ? )
P R A Y Spend some time asking Jesus and listening to him on
this topic. HOW DOES HE WANT YOU TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY, loving him so much that the
other things in your life look less important (like garbage).
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“ T H E R E ’S GOO D, A N D T H E R E ’S BA D BU T T HAT’S N OT O U R C U E , BU T R AT H E R W HAT I S T H E W I S E T H I N G TO DO ! ”
“BE CAREFUL” = P L A N N I N G N OT TO !
“MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME” = N OT ________ B U T _________!
“UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF THE LORD” = FAC E U P TO T H E _________!
L E A R N TO A N T IC I PAT E S I N I N L IGH T OF
M Y PAST _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,
M Y P R E S E N T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A N D M Y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GOA LS !
T H E S TO R Y O F B I L L A N D L I S A
D R AW I N G T H E L I N E
T H E R H Y M E
P H R A S E SA N D
M E A N I N G S
S U M M A R Y T I M E
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Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to
me: 3 “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of
their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak
to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols
into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the proph-
et, I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may lay hold of the
hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.
“YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME . ”
- GOD
R E F L E C T In our life, anything can be an idol. It is something so
central and essential to your life that, should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living.
A really smart guy, John Calvin once said “The human heart is a factory of idols… Everyone of us is,
from his mother’s womb, an expert in inventing idols.”
W H E N W E T H I N K O F I DO L S M O S T O F US T H I N K O F A L I T T L E WOO D E N DO L L OR S O M E T H I N G L I K E T HAT, BU T T HAT’S N OT T H E CAS E . W HAT A R E S O M E T H I N G S T HAT A R E P OT E N T I A L I DO L S I N YOU R L I F E ?R E
Ezekiel 14 says that the people of God had set up idols in their hearts. They were loving things more
than they loved God. Sounds pretty familiar, doesn’t it?
R E S P O N D The blessings God has given us are there to point us
to Jesus. James 1: 16-17 says “16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no
variation or shadow due to change.”
WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL TO NOT TAKE WHAT IS GOOD AND MAKE IT A gOD.
W HAT A R E S O M E T H I N G S I N YO U R L I F E T HAT YOU HAVE P OT E N T I A L LY M A D E I DO L S O U T O F ? GO D WA N T S TO B E O N T H E T H RO N E O F YOU R H E A RT, H E WA N T S YOU TO L OVE H I M M OR E T HA N T H E S E T H I N G S.
P R A Y Spend some time asking Jesus to reveal to you the idols
in your life. Ask Him to forgive you for loving these things too much and to show you how to love
Him and not these things too much! E T R U T H S ?
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WHAT I VIEW AS MY ___________
WILL DETERMINE MY COURSE.
W H AT WO U L D YO U DO ?
HOW D I D T H E Y DO I T ?
WE HAVE A NATURAL BENT TO SEARCH FOR OUR SENSE OF SECURITY OUTSIDE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
W E M U ST U LT I M AT E LY L E A R N T H AT NO S E C U R I T Y OR
S E N S E OF S IGN I F IC A NC E C A N B E F O U N D A PA RT F ROM A
C R E ATOR / C R E AT ION R E L AT ION S H I P W I T H GOD T H RO U GH
J E S U S BY T H E P E RSON OF T H E HOLY S P I R I T.
( V . 1 7 )
C H A N G E YO U R C O U R S E
W H AT D O YO U D O ?
N AV I G AT E P R I N C I P L E
N AV I G AT E
S H A D R AC H , M E S H AC H
A N D A B E D N E G O
K N OW G O
R E V I E W Q U E S T I O N S
C H A N G E YO U R C O U R S E B Y C H A N G I N G YO U R S O U R C E
___________ T H E PA S T
___________ G O D W I T H T H E F U T U R E .
___________ I N T H E P R E S E N T
T H E GO D W E S E RVE I S A B L E .
S U N D A Y
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8:00 BREAKFAST PLEASANT HILL GIRLS
9:15 METATATION - ” LO O K A N D L I V E D I F F E R E N T ”
10:00 SESSION 4
SOUL SATISFACTION ECCLESIASTES 1:12-17 & 12:1
11:15 L IFE GROUPS
12:00 LUNCH PLEASANT HILL GUYS
1:00 BEACH TIME AND RECREATION, D O D G E B A L L & C O R N H O L E F I N A L S
5:00 GETTING READY FOR DINNER
6:00 DINNER BROOKVIEW GIRLS
7:00 METATATION - ” G O I N G H O M E O N A M I S S I O N ”
7:45 SESSION 5
SPLASH
EPHESIANS 2:10
9:00 BREAK
9:15 PGT - CLOSING TIME ON BEACH
10:30 BALLOON LAUNCH
11:00 P IZZA POOLSIDE
12:30 IN ROOMS
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Here’s a sad truth about most of us. Most of the time, we put our hope in the same things that people
who don’t know Jesus do. We don’t put all of our hope in Jesus. If we believed in Him more deeply,
people would see that and would hopefully turn to him.
R E A D Matthew 5:14-16
14“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under
a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so
that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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You may have learned a little song as a kid that went something like this:
“THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, I’M GONNA LET IT SHINE.”
According to Jesus, what is the end goal of letting your light shine? Read verse 16 again. We live a
life that is different, why? So that people would see our good works and talk about how awesome we
are? So that our parents and friends will think well of us? NO! We live a life that is different and
pleases Jesus so people will see our good works and turn to Jesus
R E F L E C T Are there areas in your life where you are HIDING THE
LIGHT OF GOD IN YOU? Areas where YOU ARE NOT REVEALING TO OTHERS by your
actions what Jesus has done in your life?
P R A Y All of us, at times, hide our light under a basket. All of
us, in some ways, live as if we are ashamed of what Jesus has done. But look again at what Jesus
said. “You are the light of the world.” Ask Jesus to show you how you can more faithfully live for
him and let your light shine so that people would see that you are different and be led to Christ by
how you live.
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S M A RT P E O P L E
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C O N C L U S I O N S( 2 )
T H E “ I T ” TA L K
H OW G O D S AT I S F I E S
O U R S O U L S( 2 )
YO U C H O O S E !
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- TO C R AC K T H E C O D E O F H U M A N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
HE TRIED. . .
( 1 ) A _____________ OF THE WIND.
( 2 ) FEAR ______ & FOLLOW ______ FULLY!
( 1 ) HE FILLS IT WITH _____________.
( 2 ) HE GIVES US ________________.
( R O M A N S 5 : 5 )
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I love Meta! I love summer camp! Not JUST because of the beach (or the girls!). I love the music, the
sports, the fun. Camp is a great place to get away from the normal things in life; to stop and listen to
Jesus. But to what end? Surely everything God has been telling you this week isn’t just for you!
R E A D Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am
with you always, to the end of the age.”
R E F L E C T Jesus doesn’t want this week to stop with you. He wants
you to share it. These are familiar verses for many of us. We know that we supposed to God and tell
others. BUT WHAT ARE WE TO TELL THEM?
Look at what Jesus says in verse 20, “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” One
of the best things you can do when you get home to make sure that camp doesn’t end here in to share
what you have learned with others. Teach others what you have been taught.
R E S P O N D If you had to squeeze everything you have learned this
week into a few sentences, what would they be? WRITE THEM DOWN NOW so you don’t forget.
And don’t just say, “I’m gonna share this with EVERYONE.” Right now, write down
5 P E O P L E T H AT YO U T H I N K G O D WA N T S YO U TO S H A R E W I T H :
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
And before you start with your excuses about how hard that would be notice the promise that Jesus
leaves you with in verse 20: “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” You are not
going by yourself! Jesus is with you. And we can do all things with Christ (Philippians 4:13)!
P R A Y Ask Jesus to take these truths you have learned this week
and melt them into your heart so that you will live differently because of what you know. Ask Him to
give you the strength to share them with others and to give you the passion to love others enough to
share what He has taught you. And ask Him to remind you that He is with.
Romans 1:16- 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Don’t be ashamed of Jesus. He has done a great work in you. SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.!
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THE ANSWER FOR BELIEVERS IS :W H AT I S T H E
M E A N I N G O F L I F E( PA RT 2 )
B R E A K I N G I T D OW N
L A R R Y ’ S S TO R Y
O N LY G O D K N OW S W H E R E
T H E R I P P L E SA R E C O M I N G
F R O M
YO U A R E ________________ B Y G O D
N OT B Y ________________________.
YO U A R E M A D E TO L I V E _________
“ I N C H R I S T ” .
YO U S H O U L D B E A ________-________.
( E P H E S I A N S 2 : 1 0 )
( P S A L M 1 3 9 )
F OR W E A R E H I S WOR K M A N S H I P, C R E AT E D I N C H R I S T J E S U S
F OR GOO D WOR K S , W H I C H GO D P R E PA R E D B E F OR E H A N D,
T H AT W E S H O U L D WA L K I N T H E M .
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8:00 BREAKAST BROOKVIEW GROUP
9:15 SESSION 6
T ITLE OR TESTIMONY SHORT DEVO AND CAMP VIDEO
10:00 BACK TO LIVING REAL L IFE
THIS YEAR’S MISSION OFFERING WILL GO TO HELP ESTABLISH
SOME NEW MISSIONARIES ON THE F IELD. AARON AND FAITH
RIDDERING WILL WORK IN YOUTH MINISTRY IN COSTA RICA.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE RECREATION EQUIPMENT TO HELP
THEM GET STARTED. OUR GOAL IS $600.
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