My Journey: Here to There And Everything In Between

I had the amazing privilege of joining some of my best friends on a retreat this weekend with Wallace Students. I can't think of hardly anything, if anything, I love more than being able to spend a weekend growing in Christ and worshipping with my best friends. Often times, that weekend comes with sore muscle and some serious sleep deprivation, but I am 100% sure I wouldn't trade it for the world. We had an absolutely awesome pastor and worship band to lead us and teach us this weekend. Many, many thanks to them for giving up the time to come and be with a bunch of crazy middle and high school kids. I had been praying over this retreat for many weeks, leading up to it. Satan and the world had thrown a lot on my plate and I was so excited to have a weekend away, with no cell service, good friends, and plenty of Jesus. As the retreat became less than 48 hours away, my mind and heart began to be anxious about the many situations, that most likely wouldn't, but could occur. ...

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NKJV) says, "Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5 (ESV) says, "We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ..." The original context of this verse was in Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth. He is defending his ministry, speaking of needing boldness and how to wage a war on sin and temptation of the flesh. It starts in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, saying, "For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your ...