Carnival - Tuesday, July 5th

01001000 01100001 01110000 01110000 01111001 00100000 00110101 01110100 01101000 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01001010 01110101 01101100 01111001 00100001! Today at Camp something awesome happened (as usual) - a carnival came to Camp Phillip!! For the evening program today, Jesus Cares campers and Sonshine campers alike enjoyed a night at the carnival, complete with balloon animals, popcorn, and Sami the clown. Campers would stop at different stations and play some kind of game in an attempt to get tokens. These tokens were then placed in cups with different attributes on them such as "southern accent" or "opera style." The carnival concluded with many re-enactments of the battle of David and Goliath, each with a different style based on what cups campers had filled up the most with tokens. It looked like a ton of fun!

Tuesday's passage comes from one of my favorite books of the Bible - Romans!

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship." - Romans 12:1

At Camp Phillip, one point that we really try to stress with the campers is sanctification. Church often focuses on justification - what Jesus did to save us from sin - and at Camp Phillip, we have been blessed with a unique arena to stress and practice sanctified living. Just as this passage states, our lives as believers in God are living sacrifices. Every day, our activities are motivated by our thankfulness for Christ's sacrifice; He makes us want to sacrifice our time in service to others and the spread of the Gospel. God's mercy is an incredible motivator! Like Paul, today I urge you to be living sacrifices in your daily life, whether that means being kind to a bothersome employee or boss at work, by going out of your way to help a friend who is struggling with some kind of a trial in their life, or by setting aside time specifically to study God's Word. The concept of being a living sacrifice is an exciting one - and it is holy and pleasing to God!

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