• What a night!  Last night will probably go down as one of the top 5 Youth Services of my life.  The kicker is I believe the best is yet to come.
  • We opened the service with The Frays song "You Found Me."  The band rocked it and the video playing along with the song was powerful.
  • The band and Patric added some really cool things with a new song.  They took Jesus Messiah and added a rap and a tag on the end.  Really smooth and really awesome.
  • Grateful for creative students!  The drama that happened before the message really helped set the tone of the message.
  • There was so much spiritual tension before the service.  So proud of how our students dealt with that in prayer.
  • Nights like last night make all the hell that ministry brings worth it.
Here are some things we talked about:
According to Hebrews 4:14 and Matthew 11:28-30 we have "all access" to God because of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

The world puts different conditions on access than Jesus does -
  • The world says you have to come and give - Jesus says come to get
  • The world says you can come if you look a certain way - Jesus says come no matter how you look.
  • The world says you can come if you don't have issues - Jesus says come and bring your issues.
Jesus has given us all access but the issue is that we do not give Him all access to our lives.
We have a tendency to deal with life like we do laundry - we separate different areas of our life.

Why don't we give Jesus all access -
  • We do not want to relive the hurt and the pain that we have already been through.
  • Trust - we have brought God down to the level with everyone else that has hurt us.
  • Understanding - we do not truly understand the love God has for us.
  • Comfort - we have found comfort in our dysfunction.
What happens when we do not give Jesus all access - 
  • You never truly deal with your issues - you life out of excuse and not reason
  • You do not have healthy relationships - you are surrounded by people and are still lonely
  • You never grasp the dream God has for you because you are holding too tight to your plan
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Next week is weeks 2 of More Than A Rock Star

April 29th is Rock Star night.  We will have pizza for everyone, guitar hero tournaments, and more.  Come dressed as a rock star and bring a friend.

This Sunday is Youth Sunday at Stockbridge Assembly.  The youth band will be leading worship and Jon Fennell will be speaking.

For more information and updates go to thriveyouthchurch.com

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