Acuire the Fire Report

(From Saturday, April 12)
I have been at Acquire the Fire all day today. It's been awesome!!! The theme this year was "Let Your Voice Be Heard."
They were encouraging everyone to speak out and shape the culture in which they live. A startling statistic was given that 98% of people are culture followers. 2% are culture shapers. How many of us allow the culture to tell us what we should wear, what we should eat, how we should talk, and even what to think? "The world has an agenda to shape our values. We need to, not only, defend our faith, but creatively compel others!" John 12:49 affirms, "For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it." There was also a powerful drama presentation called "The Bema." It compelled us all to remember the impact we make on those around us. We will all give account one day for what we chose to do with this one life we were given on this earth. Through the lives of seven high school students, we were able to see pieces of ourselves. Our eyes were opened to their failures and successes and we were challenged to live differently. My sincere hope is that the drama along with the messages of the speakers and the intimate times of unreserved worship impacted our students in such a way that they were forever changed.