K, general question, now that OneDay is over, what did it teach you..... I know some, but I think it would be good to post them...or just Now that a season in your life is over, what has it taught you, or also, if you are in a season, what is God teaching you? THANKS!!!

~Alanna

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"...It's all about you, all about you Jesus..."

I brought this over from an earlier post because I think we need to keep all the experiences together. It will be neat for those who didn't go to ONE DAY to look on this topic and see all that God did in our lives.
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NRefining you are right...

When the music fades and all is stripped away... How many times do we sing that--or We fall down, We lay OUR CROWNSat the feet of Jesus... And then live our lives the same? The crowns we supposedly lay down sure get picked up fast when it's another ministries event we are visiting. Our "crowns" or those things which we feel prideful of or responsible for that we decide is ours and not God's we lay down when ever we are trying to impress those who are at our event so they will feel that we are super spiritual--are the same crowns we pick up and use to bash those around us who are also trying to Honor God.

We go around "stripping everything away" when we are at church or at our christian events, yet we throw it back on almost instantaniously as we leave the building.

It's as if we think that if we lie to ourselves and everyone else around us enough then it will be true.

One Day taught me that I am sick of lying to myself and those around me. It doesn't do me any good and it doesn't honor God

So here it goes...

When I first rededicated my life I was on fire! God was everything! And all that I prayed for was Godly "Christian" friends, and God gave them to me. What I didn't realize was this would be the source of my cooling off for the next year.

Don't get me wrong I got some great friends and some prayer worriors that are true and will be true to the end, but I also got a lot of fake in the process as well. This fake came not from those trying to find God as much as those who Claimed to already know Him. I know now why Jesus hung around prostitutes and tax collectors--at least they were real and didn't pretend to be people they were not in order to impress Him.

WE actually claim that we talk to God...That we really know God...The God that made the mountains God...The God that whispers and galaxys are made God...The Alpha and Omega Creator The Great I Am God...

We don't know God. BUT, HE KNOWS US!!

We need to learn to fear God again and quit pretending like He is our chum. We need to realize that when we bring division within His body He doesn't look the other way.

HE is our GOD and not our pal!

My life had become not a chance to praise Dad, but a fight and competition to prove how "Christian" I was. I talked about unity and I preached about a pure heart, yet the whole time I let some people mold me to there level of hypocricy.

I say this because being a new christian I didn't know how to be fake because I had never been real. What I mean is the fact that all I wanted to do was love everyone and I was being taught that's not the case its how smart you sound or how well you pray or how strong you worship. Or how you made me feel or if I went to this church or that or if I was this denomination or that...Blahblah blah.

What I realized at One Day is that I had turned into something that I had never been (even in the world) someone who had no joy in their heart for others. Yes I did a lot for people on the outside and I said all the right things in groups, but I didn't do it with a pure heart... That's what One Day was "PURE HEARTS" truely desiring unity and not just saying it to sound good.

There are a lot of Pastors and Youth pastors and Leaders (including myself) that talk a great talk IN OUR MINISTIES about unity and doing the work of God. Yet there are those in other ministries that call leaders such as mine and those who come to Stand to purposely and slanderously plant seeds of division in the very soil that God is trying to use. Yet they talk about reaching the lost and winning souls for Christ.

These are just personal examples of mine I am sure you have your own...but my point is
Stand is HIS ministry and not any of ours in leadership, so if seeds of division are being planted in, around, or by us then we have to ask ourselves who are we kidding? What type of heart would try to divide Christs body?

And until this weekend I let the resentment I felt for those who were planting these division seeds build up inside of me until what grew was not a sweet fragerant plant of God, but a rotten mutation of Satans.

Let's really look at ourselves and realize that we can do more and accomplish greater things if we really believed what we say. How many times do we go to others minstries or churches "out of obligation" not truely expecting to receive or meet God because we are not "at home?" Or we quit hanging out with that person because they don't fit into our circle of friends? Or we don't go out of our way to show someone God because we are too busy or they are the wrong race? Do we really believe our own lies?

Well for me enough is enough...I might not be able to ever make everyone love me, or like me, or even respect the ministry I help to glorify GOD...But, I can decide not to let them steal my joy in Him!!

My soil is clean again and I refuse to worry about that which they should worry about God judging.

My heart is again full and the center of me is a Pure Heart as well and I wanted to tell everyone within STAND and outside of STAND that I am sorry for doing the same thing to you that was done to me. If God's heart truely is in me then my yearning should be to love you with no division.

I am not talking about only between ministries...although that's a given...but what also between people.
I know it's getting long but God is GOOD and worth a little reading.

Lastly I feel it is our unique opportunity to break this generational curse of division and show our pastors and those around us that the next generation respects their laws but refuses to let our joy be stolen anymore because of principalities and precepts that were set in place waaaaaay before we were ever even born. Catholics against Baptists; Methodists against presbyterian; all against the Penticostal's etc...etc... Sadly enough the list could go on and on.

My point is this--God loves us all and He made us all different,; which means none of us are perfect and we will all mess up. And, if we will begin to realize that division is the complete opposite of what Jesus prayed then we will see that it has to be of the devil. And if it is of the devil then lets FIGHT IT!!! But lets fight TOGETHER!

And for those that I affected by my negative seeds-- Again I am sorry...IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!


innerdawg

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Boo-Yaa!!

(Thanks Allen and Stuart)

That's what I am talking about Mista Dawg! I really wish I coulda went too. I heard about it all over the radio that weekend. Too cool.

Ok, everyone, I want to hear what it taught you guys too. Tell someone who missed it so he can catch just a glimpse of the awesomeness of it all.


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- David
- http://www.truckwerks.com/

Brou over keep it all together...
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I agree Whit...
It's like it all became just "something I did" not who I was. I also wanted to prove to other what the big bad Christian I was. Man, it's just amazing that I was like that. And not only that I was like that, but that I stayed like that. I'm not as transparent as you Whit, but I will say that God was put back at the center of what I am and what I'm doing and alot of things where done away with. Like pleasing people before God. Yuck. I NEED GOD. I NEED to have quiet time every day to survive. I don't care what it interfer's with, or what plans I have to break. I NEED to worship. I don't care if I"m on the right key, I can't find the right harmony, or if I don't know the words, I just need to focus on Him, not them. I'm sorry, God, that it took something like OneDay to put my priorities in order. I should have listened to you long before now. I'm sorry...thanks for helping me get back to the "Heart of Worship" and showing me how to fall down and REALLY lay down my crowns at your feet....Thank you.

~Your daughter,
Alanna



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"...It's all about you, all about you Jesus..."

Okay, David, (and everyone who missed it) this is how it is. Do not be dissappointed because you didn't go. Everyone who was supposed to go did. God doesn't screw up. It was an awesome experience. But even more awesome is what has happened since we all got back. WE BROUGHT IT WITH US. You shouldn't have to go to the middle of God knows where thousands of miles away and go without showers for 2 days in order to have ONEDAY.
One day was a day of just being in God's presence. It just so happened that there were other people in His presence. Lots of other people. But just think. If everyone who went to One Day came home and told just one friend about what they learned and everyone who went plus the person they told all decided to meet at their local and home churches and we all just spent a day in God's presence right where we were, God would here twice as many voices than were at One Day crying out to Him at once. And all that counts is what He hears. We don't have to be in the same spot for Him to hear us. We just have to speak to Him from wherever we are. And just think if we told more than just one person. Just think if so many thousands of people told everyone they meet about it...If we can spread that passion that we feel toward our maker to EVERYONE!!! Wow...we can never repay Him for what He did for us. But that is not what He asks us to do. He just wants our love adoration and praises. EVERYONEs love adoration and praise. And He makes it simple. You can praise Him from wherever you are with whomever you are with. He gave us the gifts to use, now lets JUST DO IT! Every day and any day is one day.

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I went to One Day, not really knowing what to expect. Friday, when we got there, I was really nervous, and aggravated. There were some things that I had been going through that I thought were gone but come to find out, I had only pushed them to the back of my mind and covered them with other things. Well, at One Day, those things resurfaced. Drew thought I was mad at him all day. Actually, God was dealing with me on these issues and all I really wanted to do was be by myself. Saturday was awesome. However, I didn't feel like I actually made it into God's presence. I felt like the harder I tried, the further away I got. It kind of scared me, but on the bus ride home, I found out that I wasn't the only one that felt that way. I know that God sent me to One day for a reason. That reason was to know that there were some issues in my life that were hindering me. Monday night I was prayed over and I feel like I have been delivered from this issue.

virtuous101

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I also think that OneDay was the end of a season for me. Ever since I gave my life over to God, I have been in a season of being alone. I felt that God was calling me to kinda lean on Him until I truely had it in my heart and not just my head that I really didn't need anyone or anything but Him. Not that He wanted me to be anti-social or anything, but I just don't think it was quite in His timing for me to start any new relationships until the ones that I allready had were restored or ended. (and a few had to be ended) My relationship with my family still isn't perfect, but it is much better now. I also had to forgive alot of people for wrongs that they had done me, and I needed to ask some people to forgive me for some of the selfish things I had done. Now that season is over, and I feel that many new relationships are begining in my life. And it is different this time than before, because I will know not to put all of my trust in people because they will let you down. On the other hand, I don't have to fear rejection or being let down because I know that if people do let me down, I will always have one unchanging constant friend and companion. So the relationships that I do have will be much less strained than the ones I used to have. Or something like that. Y'know whatti mean??? God has also put the strongest love and appreciation in my heart for the people who have helped me the most. It is a wonderful feeling. My heart feels like its gonna explode sometimes. I've been through quite a few seasons since I began my relationship with Jesus, but this has been the longest one. I appreciated it because I got to know my Savior much more intimately. But I'm also glad it's over in a way, because there are alot of people who need friends out there and now I'm ready to go out there and be the friend that they need. And THAT's the rest of the story...