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What a weekend! Bobby and I, and ten of our high school leaders took over 70 students up to the mountains for our yearly winter retreat. It was a great time just hanging out with students, [2] learning from God’s Word, worshiping together, playing games and making [3] a hilarious home video. My favorite part about the weekend was the messages Bobby preached from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

For some the concept of 24/7 Christianity was revolutionary. I find this all too common as we think that being a Christian is something we do, not who we are. You never clock out from being a Christian, you are “on” 24/7.

This passage gives three ways that a Christian lives–always rejoicing, always praying and always giving thanks. You can’t do more than always. This is the heart and mindset that God wants us to have–one that has complete confidence in His Word and fully trusts Him all the time!

***To see a small album of pictures from this weekend, click [4] HERE!