I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
You did it! You made it all the way through the week. What a week it was…living in the desert, building homes by hand, getting to know people in a way you never thought you could in just one week. Take a moment to yourself. Forget about the others that are sitting around you. I want you to think about the last five days. Write down a few thoughts in the space below.
What did you feel for the family that you were building the home for?
Think about your parents. How is your relationship with them? Has this week changed anything regarding that relationship?
What about you? How are you different after this week? Did you find what you are looking for?
When you fully commit your life to God, when you tell Him that you cannot do things on your own, that you have done things you know He doesn’t want you to do and that you want Him to forgive you, things start to happen. When you tell Him that you want to know what it means to be a follower of Jesus and that he is the only way you can really achieve eternal life, then you have arrived. It’s been a long journey, and it’s been painful at times. But you have arrived. You are still crooked, but you are crooked for God, not for yourself.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version)
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Romans 10:9-10 (New International Version)
9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Questions for Group Discussion
- Share some of your thoughts that you wrote down today.
- What is one of your favorite moments of the week?
- What do you want life to look like when you get back to the United States? What can help you achieve that?
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