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This past weekend we were at Blitz and a bunch of the live updates had to do with the awesome music being pumped out by Remedy Drive.

One of the songs they played is called “All Along” and did a pretty good job of capturing the experience for many of us at Blitz. Lots of us shared about how we had been putting a lot of things before God in our life, and it wasn’t working out. This weekend we realized realized that the way we wanted to feel is what God had been offering all along, we had just been looking for it in the wrong place.

So listen to the song, and be reminded that all the things we feel like we have to deal with before we can get to God are the things that he wants to struggle through with us.

It's not everything it seems - the world and its dreams
Slipping like water through my hands tonight
All the things I thought would fill me up inside
Left me empty here - and now I know why

All along I was looking for something else
You're something else
All along I was looking for something more
You're so much more
I finally found what I could never see before
You've always been the one that I was looking for

All of my castles in the sand - washed away again
And I'm left back where I began tonight
The only thing that can ever fill me up
Has been right in front of me all the time

I won't miss you - I won't miss you this time
I say I want you - yeah I want you in my life

 

 Like the song? Get “All Along” at AmazonMP3.com

If you’ve been keeping up with the LIVE Spring Blitz Updates, you’d know that we arrived safely in Duluth this evening. The drive up was a blast, our 4 vehicle caravan meant tons of fun during the drive. There was a thunderstorm, watching of movies, card games, and an all out, loud as can be sing-a-long of “A whole new world” from Aladdin. Nice.

We arrived in Duluth in time to kick things off Spring Blitz style. We are in the arena of the DECC, the same place the UMD Bulldogs play hockey. It’s really cool to see so many other Christian teens all together. The band Remedy Drive led us in worship, those guys are crazy! They were jumping off of everything, it was a blast.

Our seats are the best we’ve ever had at Blitz. We’re usually up in the nosebleeds, but this year we are in the 5th and 6th row. It’s way more fun to be able to see everything right there, even though the 3 giant screens are helpful.

Sean McDowell is the speaker this weekend. He’s a fun guy. We’re going to be talking about Loving God with all your heart. Mark 12:30 is the theme verse. He talked about 5 truths of the heart:

1. The heart reflects who we really are
2. God judges the heart (not the actions/words/etc.)
3. The heart is wicked/deceitful
4. The heart follow the will
5. The heart longs for God

We followed it up with some good questions about the things we’re passionate about in life and what we commit our time to. Luke asked where we were on a scale of 1 to 10 how passionate we were about God. It was interesting because some people said 2 and 3 and some people said 8 and 9, and

everything in between. It’s nice to know we’re at different places and not alone.

Tomorrow morning is almost here already (man, we should sleep!) and we’re excited to start talking about the soul. Thanks for your prayers, we’re having a great time!

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