A D3 highlight

I am so grateful that our youth group was able to attend the D3 Youth Conference again this summer. The organizers are serious about everything they do! Whether it is the time in the Word, the music, the activities, the games, they take it seriously.

A variety of thoughts remain in my mind from the trip, but I thought that I might provide a general outline of the final message that our group heard. It was delivered by Dr. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and it was rich. He dealt with The Will of God and began by exposing two of the popular misguided ideas that we as Christians often have regarding this subject.
1 – God’s Will as Mystery
2 – God’s Will as Inconvenient
Mystery in that we are prone to viewing God’s will as a treasure that is hidden from us and we are on a quest to find it. Inconvenient in that many fear that if we know God’s will, we will not like it.

He brought clarity to the issue by bringing us to Rom. 12:1-2 and suggesting that we find the will of God by doing it. Doing the will of God by not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewal of our minds.

Then to wrap the subject matter up, he provided 15 points! 15 statements regarding God’s will. It is God’s will;

1 – for your life that you were born
2 – that you will die
3 – that you will grow
4 – that you are made male and female
5 – that you believe in Christ
6 – that you follow Jesus Christ as your Savior
7 – that you trust and obey His Word
8 – that you obey all authorities
9 – that you be married
10 – that married couples ought to have children
11 – that you develop and exercise God’s gifts to serve in the church
12 – that you are highly invested and actively involved in the Local Church
13 – that you lead
14 – that you share the gospel
15 – that you do everything for the glory of God

The best comments occurred during points 9 and 10. He dealt with the gift of singleness, called for the elimination of “guys” from our vocabulary, and encouraged all towards maturity in Christ.

Peaked your interest? Ask your kids about this session.