GYC 2009: unASHAMED

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Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC)

GYC 2009 Plenary Sessions

Justin McNeilus

GYC 2009 Keynote Address: Unashamed

Sebastien Braxton

But Now

Deniza Hush

Atheism, Mysticism, New Age, Occultism, or Christianity?

The Brave-hearted Gospel

Just This One Time

Don Schneider

Don Schneider: Evangelism Focus

Panel Discussion with Church Leadership: Current Issues in the Church

Mark Finley

When God’s Passion is My Passion

Paul Howe

Testimony of Paul Howe

Unfulfilled Dreams

Chester Clark

Unashamed?  Which Cloud are You in?

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this opportunity.

We thank you for waking us up this morning.

I ask that you will please bless those who are traveling in today.

Thank you so much that we are here at GYC and we can receive a blessing.

I ask that you please empty us of ourselves and fill us with your Holy Spirit.

I pray especially that you'll be with Sebastian this morning.

Anoint his lips and help him to speak your word.

Let him be a vessel for you Thank you so much for loving us and dying on the cross for us and we can't wait for that great GYC Reunion in heaven in your precious name.

Amen Oh GYC do you love Jesus are you sure you love Jesus?

That's the reason we all are to love Him.

How many of you, that's what made you get up at 6 in the morning because you love Jesus, right?

Amen This morning I'm going to share a message with you entitled but now But now Before we jump into the message and while the rest of the latecomers are strolling in, I'm assuming with their Bibles, I just want to ask you guys 4 favors.

And this is going to be something that will help set the tone for our meetings throughout the mornings.

My first request from USGYC this morning is to pray and to be intentional about this not being a regular meeting.

As GYC has been in existence for about 8 years.

As an organization, we exist to help ourselves not exist.

It is a movement and GYC as a movement therefore means it is not an event.

It is not something that happens for 5 days at a convention center while we stay in nice hotels eating food that needs a lot of prayer But I believe that we can give them a chance this morning we'll see what they have for us, amen?

And what that means is we must always be moving towards our goal, which is to finish God's work in this generation.

If that is the goal, and if GYC is a movement, then you are GYC.

As long as the feet of young people are fast about their father's business then GYC is a movement.

GYC dies when your feet as young people stop moving about your father's business.

Thus, I need 2 requests as my second favor.

There are those who have come to GYC for the first time.

And for you, my challenge is you came as you are, we welcome you as you are, but our prayer is that you would not stay as you are.

We must always be seeking higher ground and as a result of that if this is your first GYC, pray in your heart and be intentional in your mind that this will not be a regular weekend.

I'm not going to go back to do more of the same.

This is actually the bottom of the mountain.

It's when you leave GYC that you understand spiritual mountain climbing to the true mountaintop.

For those of you who have come to GYC before, I know that for many of us who've attended for many years you can become disillusioned.

How many more great speakers can we come up with?

How many more great and powerful seminars do we need to continue to go through for every generation.

We must be improving as a movement and that means for those of you who've attended for years, we need your presence as well because God does not just use speakers, he also uses attendees.

And there are young people here in this place for the next 5 days, 4 days, who may not make it to morning or evening devotions for whatever reason, but you will see them in the hallway.

They may be living in your room next to you and therefore God needs you to be an agent of change.

And so with the theme unashamed, we have to leave behind all the political correctness that keeps us bound from being true to the calling that God has upon our lives.

If we are truly that generation then that means we must be with no other generation was.

So my challenge is if you see a brother or sister doing something that does not represent the Spirit of Christ, tap them on the shoulder and call them out.

If you see a young sister a little too close to a young brother, tap them on the shoulder.

My third request and favor is I hope that you guys bring a pen and paper when you come to listen to the Word of God.

We have this mindset I've heard everything that's ever been preached.

We have this mindset that what else could come from this book.

But the truth of the matter is lives are continually changed by the power of the Word of God.

And that means for us to think arrogantly that we can get nothing from when the Bible is being opened.

This is in actuality the thoughts of God being expressed to humanity.

So, as my recommendation always is, you take out a piece of paper, pen or pencil, You ask yourself 3 questions about every sermon.

Because some sermons are hard to listen to.

Maybe you guys don't know what I'm talking about.

Maybe your pastor is just the most dynamic speaker in North America.

Number 1, what is it that I heard in this sermon that I've never heard before?

You're always going to learn something new.

Second question, where was my mind when the word of God was being preached?

Now you know sometimes you're listening to the Bible being preached and your mind starts wondering, yes?

You don't know why, maybe you ate that pizza too late, or you were hanging out with your friends a little strong last night, but your mind starts wandering, and that's not a negative thing.

You need to write that down because even though the preacher may be talking about, but now, the Holy Spirit is trying to talk to you about your relationship.

Because where 2 or 3 are gathered, there He is in the midst of them.

And God has a message for every single person seated here.

Where was your mind when the Word of God was being preached?

And lastly, what am I going to do now that I've heard this message?

You know, when you look at creation, which is in question right now, We say that God created the world by his word.

That means that the word of God always produces action.

So that means we live in a world right now that when God spoke to a whale, it will swallow a man and not digest him.

When God speaks to a donkey, it will open its mouth.

When God tells the sun to stop while Joshua is fighting, the sun will stop.

But there's 1 part of creation that is, keeps the power that is within the Word of God captive.

God can speak to us and we will do nothing.

Simply because he's bound by the will, we must choose to surrender to the Word of God.

Everything that is in opposition to the Word of God.

So your third question is, what am I going to do now that I've heard this message?

My last request is about a 4 letter word.

Series

GYC 2009 Plenary Sessions

But Now

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

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Addiction in the Last Days: Breaking the Invisible Chains on the Mind

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Plenary

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Knees, Keys, and Please!

2. Encountering God

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Think on These Things- Part 2

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The Sabbath

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46m

Health Evangelism

The Hour of Victory- Part 1

1h 49m

Morning Devotional

Laughing Out Loud

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GYC 2011 Plenary Sessions

Killing the Fat King

1h 21m

Holy Sexuality

2. Sex and the Media

44m

Morning Devotional

Nevertheless

1h

Sound Doctrine