I also wanted to put Brandon Heath's "Give me your eyes" music video, but embedding was disabled

Q: What is the difference between praying to God and Praying to Jesus?

A: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same. If you refer to Him differently (Father, Yahweh, etc), it doesn’t change who you are praying to. It is not necessarily what name you use but how much meaning you put with the name.

If you want something from your Mom, you call might call her by a different name. When your parents chastise you, they tend to call you by your full name, rather than saying “honey” or some other endearment. When you just talk to your aunt, you can be more familiar; but, when it comes to asking for something, you show more respect—changing how you refer to your aunt.
You get the picture right? “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”

There is a reason that some will say that you need to know the names of God. If you ask for healing, you can call Jehovah-Rophe; when you need saving, call Savior; when your mind blanks, call whatever come to mind (Oh God, Dear God tend to cover emergency tight-spots for me). Some of the names of God are the same: Adoni is Lord in Hebrew. One friend put it this way: when you need someone to climb a wall call Spiderman, not Superman.

But it doesn’t matter what by what name who call Him, He is the same all-powerful God.

Camp of Champions

So... Yea, Camp of Champions. My church regularly goes every year to Hattiesburg, Mississippi for an awesome time of growth spiritually and personally. This year will in all likelyhood be my last year going, and I might be a co-captian. Want I want you to see is that I have dreams for camp.

My first year at camp I made only three friends and only one of them was on my team. I was terrified of my captian and really insecure. In fact, I hung out with the concessions people and helped them until they sent me back to my team.

My goal is to make the teams united (not that they aren't). What I mean is, I want my team to know each other on more than the superfical level that I've felt. I want us talking about what really matters, not just who can play volleyball better or the camp showers. I'd like to see my team connect and stay connected. Ask the hard questions. Fight the right fights. That kind of stuff.

I suppose in short what I want is a team that will shake mountains. There is little more than six weeks until Camp. So I've decided to start praying and seeking God about my team, whether or not I'm co-captian. I'd like it you would join me.
Thanks,
E. Merrill

Legacy by Nichole Nordeman