This past weekend I took the students to The Summit Church to take part in their NEXUS weekend. As usual, the weekend was awesome. The students were challenged to live out their faith and to proclaim it. The students were lead in worship through preaching by Clayton King, J.D. Greear, and Jason Gaston and were led in worship in song by Carl Cartee It was refreshing to be a part of a student ministry event that was based around the Word of God rather than emotionalism. The weekend was summed up by the sermon that Jason Gaston gave on Saturday afternoon. He spoke out of Isaiah 6 and confronted the students with the beauty of the gospel and the dangers of religion. One of the statements he made that really stood out to me was that the "gospel saves you and sends you." This was really challenging to me and hopefully to everyone there. So often I fear that we get so caught up in our comfortable lives chasing the America dream, that we lose sight of the fact that God saved us for more than this. He saved us for His glory and to join in on His mission to make his name great among the nations. I pray that the students who were there, and in fact some of the leaders, would follow this calling from God and allow the gospel to send them.
Student pastors, if you are looking for a Spring event on which to take your students, Nexus in that event. Thanks Jason and The Summit Church for ministering to the students in this area with such an awesome, God glorifying weekend.
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