It began with worship lead by James....then did the games begin!
IM:pact was split into groups and each group was given a cross to carry. There were six stations and each station was made a difficult as possible...with equally tough punishments. Why?
At each station...the groups had three options if they could not complete the task given: Give up a part of the cross, recite a memory verse or do the punishment....it's good that all the teams didn't want to give up the cross and they endured the punishments...which was the whole point of the games.
Basically the game was based on this theme: Are we willing to give up the cross the moment difficulty comes? Will we endure whatever that may come our way to hold on to the cross?
But are we really willing to do just that in a real life situation? When it's outside the church? Sure it's easy to understand the concept about holding on the the cross, but when we are faced with hardships?
The reason for the memory verse? When we are faced in a difficult situation, the Bible is our way out. It is after all the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth...it HAS the answer to ALL our problems...ALL our troubles...ALL our tribulations. So learn your Bible now and know how to 'answer every man'.
Another theme that was not in the original plan came into the games: John 15:13. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. It was inspirational to see other members do the punishments to spare their friends who could not accomplish the task assigned.
I think we ARE ready to take up our cross:
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Announcements:
IM:pact is closed next week due to Super Sundae.
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