College Week

Hey everybody! I've had a great week this week! Lots of things to do and work at. The week started on Sunday with the Red team leading worship for both the morning and evening services. Both of those times went great! Thank you for your prayers! We were all very pleased with both services and how the Lord moved and used us during the music time. Some of the songs we led in the morning were At the Cross, Before the Throne of God Above, and Your Grace is Enough. In the evening we led the music time with songs like In Christ Alone, Praise the Father/Praise the Son, and a song called Cannons. The Lord really allowed everything to go smoothly and, more importantly, the whole time was focused and directed to Him!

This Monday started the first of five days called College Week. It is a time set aside during our training in which they bring a college professor from North Greenville University to teach a Survey of the New Testament class. However, since I've been through this class already in college, I was blessed to be put in an Advanced class. There are about 18 of us in the class and we leave camp every morning at 9 AM to go to the National Ministry Center (Life Action's Headquarters). We have class every morning until lunch and then we are free in the afternoons to practice, rest, read, etc. It has been a huge blessing just to be able to slow down each afternoon and reflect on the Lord!

We have been covering topics each day ranging from Life Action's history to Prayer. The topic we had today was very challenging! It started to answer the questions, "Why do we need revival?" and, "How do we surrender to revival in our own lives?" It really touched on some of the questions that the Lord has been burdening my heart with concerning our church and the churches of this nation.

Some of the things the Lord has been placing on my heart for our church are:

1. Are we ready to be desperate for Him? Are we to a point in our lives, as a church, where we are desperate for Him to move in us? And if we aren't, are we ready to be put in that place where we are absolutely in need of Him?

2. Are we satisfied with nominal Christianity? Are we to the point in our lives, as Candies Creek Church, where we are okay with being comfortable, lukewarm, apathetic, and stale?

3. Are we, as a church and individually in our own lives, in a daily state of surrender, knowing that God will not reveal His presence to anyone who is not completely surrendered to Him?

4. Are we being a people and a church that says, "We're not going to SEEK an outpouring of your Holy Spirit. We're content with what we can do without You, God."



We practiced some as a band on Monday night with our new drummer. That was very exciting mainly because we will now finally have a drummer who wont be leaving us in the future. We had to play with two different drummers on Sunday and it was slightly stressful. But the Lord worked it all out to His glory anyway! Tuesday evening the Red team was able to go over to the Executive Director's house for dinner and a get-to-know-you time. That was a lot of fun! We have a couple of more days this week that we will spend practicing and finishing up our class time. Next week starts a week called Revival week. It is a week that is set aside for all of the Road Teams to seek the Lord and seek revival in our own lives, knowing that revival starts in individuals. I am pretty excited for it! Michael Catt, the pastor of Sherwood Baptist in Georgia is speaking all week.

I continue to pray for each one of you daily! Thank you for all of your support, love, and prayers! I'm praying for you guys about those things listed above, even for myself! Let's be a church that seeks hard after Him no matter what the cost! Because He is worth more than anything on this Earth and any possession we may have, isn't He?! Then let's live like it!

I love you all,
Reid