The evening began for most of our attendees with a limo ride through beautiful Rhinelander. Then we had our resident photographer, Sarah Hall snap portraits of them so they could remember the evening for years to come.
Thanks to Kim and Ann Prom, we had a wonderful three course dinner that included Chicken Cordon Bleu.
The message portion of the evening centered around, "Getting to the Root of the Problem". We were able to deal with all aspects of purity in a very "PG" way! The object lesson was a tree that I made to illustrate that very point. Many times in our lives we try and "pluck" the "bad fruit" from our "trees", only to see them grow back days, weeks, or months later. What we tried to get across is that by dealing with the root issues of sin, that would take care of the fruit problem. Not only in the short term - but the long term as well!
We had a teenage couple share their testimony of how accountability counseling with Kim and I has really allowed them to remain pure. We are greatful that God is using us in their lives and that HE is the one allowing them to stick to their pledge of purity!!!
We closed the evening off with a pledge of purity. It was a five point pledge that was based off of Ephesians 5:3-4 and the points were:
1. To keep my body pure in every way.
2. To be in God's Word daily.
3. To be committed to my prayer life.
4. To deal with the root issues in my life, not just pluck to fruit off and move on.
5. To be aware of EVERY word coming out of my mouth. I commit to building others up - not tearing them down.
Once again, it was an amazing evening and we pray that the Holy Spirit will guard and enable the people that attended to stick to their commitments. That they would be able to live a life of purity!!!
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