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, December 5, 2011

Jesus is Our Restorer and Nourisher!

Ruth 4:15
15And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age... 

Famine impoverished the life of Naomi, an Israelite.  But it was the deaths of her husband and two sons that left her completely destitute.  (Ruth 1:1-5)  Or so she thought, until Boaz, who was a wealthy and close relative, entered her life.

As her kinsman-redeemer, Boaz married Ruth, Naomi’s widowed daughter-in-law.  and through that union, Naomi had a grandson.  The birth of her grandson gave her a new lease of life, causing the womenfolk in her village to declare that the restorer of life and the nourisher of her old age had come into her life.  (Ruth 4:14-16)

Boaz is a picture of Jesus, our kinsman-redeemer.  Jesus became our kinsman when He was born into this world as one like us.  And He became our Redeemer when He paid with His life and blood at the cross to redeem us.

Jesus gave Himself to us as a our restorer of life and nourisher of our old age.  When the restorer of life is in our lives, what we have lost can be restored.  (Joel 2:25-26)  And with the nourisher of our old age in us, our bodies can be gloriously renewed even though we advance in our years.

That is why when Moses died at the age of 120, his eyes were not dim and his natural vigor was not diminished.  (Deuteronomy 34:7)  Caleb, at 85 years old, could still drive out the giants from the land.  god had literally nourished his body and made it strong for war.  (Joshua 14:11)  Sarah was certainly rejuvenated in her old age by God for she was still desirable to a king at the age of 90.  (Genesis 20:1-2)  God even renewed her womb.  She received strength to conceive seed (Hebrews 11:11), giving birth to Isaac in her old age.

Beloved, God is outside of time and your faith in Him brings you into this timeless zone.  There, what the years have stolen will be restored.  And even as  your years increase, you will not grow weak and weary because the restorer of life and nourisher of your old age is in you!  So, keep flexing your faith muscles and claim your inheritance from God!

God Loves You and I Love You! Pastor Erwin

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