Romans 1:16

Romans 1:16

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God for the salvation for everyone who believes...."

I think this just might be my new favorite verse! It such a great reiminder of why we need to not be worried about what other people are thinking of us or what they might say to us. As Christians, we need to be unashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it IS the power of God!

Worldiness

Hey everyone! Today was our final ministry team meeting with youth group, and through the summer we have been reading a book called "Worldliness" by C.J. Mahaney, John Piper, Dave Harvey, Jeff Purswell, Craig Cabaniss, and Bob Kauflin. This is an excellent book, and I would recommend it to anyone who really wants to figure out how to "be in the world, but not of the world." Now...here are some quotes that I like!

"We will never be useful to the world if we are being deeply shaped by the world. And we will be shaped by the world without intentional efforts not to be." -John Piper

"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." -the apostle Paul, (Phil. 4:8)

"In the end, the sum of all beauty is Christ, and the sin of all worldliness is to diminish our capacity to see Him and be satisfied in Him and show Him compellingly to a perishing world."-John Piper

".....it was a gradual weakening, a subtle contaminating, and an eventual conforming to this world." -C.J. Mahaney

This book is full of great quotes like that- check it!

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So I'm awful at ever updating this. lovely. http://eemills20.blogspot.com/.....I accidentally made 2 blogs, and I update the other one more. But I don't have any followers there, so I guess I'l just update this one! So...this is the recap of my summer!

So here I am....reflecting on summer in general and thinking about all of the fun things that I have been able to do! :]! So wayy back.....in like, June......I went to family camp with my best friend's family. We had like the best wek ever, and I am so glad that I went! It was a really fun week and I met so many new people and did some pretty crazy stuff :]. it was.....epic. So yeah....I got home and was like "MOM! Book you calandar for family camp next year! :D! We are going!" and she was like ".....ok?.......'' fun stuff.

Now that my story has gotten to the lovley month of July, I am about to tell you of one of the funnest [its a word. don't judge. :)]. things that I did! Aren't you excited?.......no. actually, in July I did like nothing. and it was amazing. I *did* go to volleyball camp, which was super fun, although I was so sore :P. After volleyball, I was lazy.....untill the 20th, which was when I realized that I was leaving for Camp Barakel the next day. ooooh yeah. I am so smart. great. OH! Before I left for Barakel, I went on a day trip to Ann Arbor with my grandparents and Calvin. We had one of the most fun times ever! We ate lunch at Zingerman's Deli, which is like SO GOOD. Then we shopped around downtown, went to Borders, and then on the way back to Lansing, we went to Cabela's and REI. I am now officially in love with REI. just for general knowledge.

Now on to my great Camp Barakel story! I went with Lindsay, a girl I know from church. we had a blast! :] We were the Totally Terrific Tan Mini Wheats, and we were awesome. Our tribe was sweet at soccer, we like crushed the competition in this egg toss thing, and we were all around pretty much the coolest group of people you will ever meet. :]. Now you are aware.

After Camp B, I went home and wanted to sleep for like a week....I didn't though. I helped at fair because Megan was showing, and I went to shack and pretty much hade had an amazing time. Next Saturday I leave for Charlevoix, which could possibly be the best week of my summer. Annnd thats awesome.