Friday Devos at Guadalupe Christian Camp Retreat

Basically when thinking about what I would do for devos I had in my mind the fact that we would be fresh out of Mexico and settled in at Guadeloupe Christian camp. I prayed about what God wanted the group to know and learn from my words. 

I felt the group dynamic change quite a bit when we got back, in a negative way. We were getting on each others nerves and it was apparent that we had been together for several days nonstop. 

I decided to start with a talk about tolerance and patience and how as a band we need to stay strong together but as a family it's important to love each other through irritations in order to be mature. Then after the long and high stress, but fun week of service, I thought itd be great to discuss Matthew 13:31-34... The parable of the mustard seed.

"31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.”

 33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable." (NIV)

I talked about how this week we were truly used by God, as kingdom workers, and that should excite us! We planted a seed that can never be uprooted unless a crazy tornado hit. God used us! Just some college musicians. It is amazing but yeah that's about it! We ended the devo on our knees in prayer. 

Chelsea Martin