To rally, equip and deploy Bay Area Youth to serve in the Kingdom of God as a Biblically-sharpened and spirit-filled positive influences to win souls for Jesus Christ through transformed lives.

Encounter Bay Camp is a Christian Summer Youth Camp with the purpose of preparing young people for the adversity they will face in their formative years to adulthood. The camp provides an environment to equip the youth with foundational teachings toward a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and to provide them wit a memorable and life-changing experience.

Encounter Bay Camp is a collaborative partnership of local Bay Area Christian churches that seeks to unite Bay Area youth in fellowship with Jesus Christ. The youth between the ages of 12-21 gather for a time of Biblical teachings, powerful praise and worship, and fellowship between like-minded believers in Christ Jesus.

Encounter Bay Camp is a time for young people to experience passionate praise and worship, form lasting friendships through fellowship with others, and learn how to deal with life challenges from a Biblical perspective, and gain spiritual refreshment, renewal and transformation through the Love of the Lord.

Encounter Bay Camp's purpose is to ground the youth in God's Word while inspiring them to live for Jesus Christ. The camp will feature powerful, relevant and entertaining messages that lead the youth to have a meaningful understanding of God in their lives, their relationships with family and friends, and to live lives rooted in faith in Jesus Christ. The camp will also include small group sessions to provide a more interactive setting to discuss what was learned and minister to each other in an atmosphere of prayer and meditation. In addition, workshops dealing with topics such as sexual purity, prayer, worship, family, and the power and influence of the media, will be presented to address specific needs of youth believers.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Turn Your Worries Into Prayers

Philippians 4:6
6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

God doesn’t want you to fret, fear or be anxious.  Instead, He wants you to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”

So when you have a care or worry, straightaway, turn that care or worry into prayer.  That is supplication.  And when you are troubled by a care or worry that you don’t know how to pray for, pray in the Spirit or tongues.  And in the midst of that prayer, thank God that He has already healed you, and has given you victory...that’s thanksgiving!

If I am worried about something, how long should I pray?  Keep on praying.  Pray in the Spirit until the worry lifts or dissipates, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7)

The one who prays in unimportant...that’s you!  But to whom prayer is made unto...that’s God!  True prayer is focused only on God, not on the one praying...again, that’s you!   Our prayer must be focused on God alone.  Prayer is God responding to us...not us responding, complaining and murmuring back to God!

If you focus on your needs and cares when you pray...and you do not focus on God...what is magnified are your needs and cares...not God!

Friends, our prayers must be based on the Living Word of God...and not on our words...if we pray with our own words, we are not praying...we’re just complaining to God.  remember Daniel who prayed to God and as he waited and fasted for 21 days...and angel appeared on the 21st day and told Daniel that when he prayed to God on the first day, God heard  his prayer and dispatched the angel right then and then...but the angel was “delayed” because he had to complete another assignment (from God) to fight the “enemy” (Daniel, chapters 9 and 10).  Trust that God heard your prayer (as long as you focus on God) the first time and you must wait for His answer...Remember that God’s delays are not His denials.  So, turn your worries into PRAYER with Purpose, Power, and Passion!

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