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It’s the last day of camp! Wow, the week went by so fast! This morning in chapel we are asking the BIG question, “Does God make a difference in our life?”

And the answer is a resounding “yes!”

The first big difference God makes in our life is what happens when we become Christians.

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Thank you, God, for making us new!

God makes us new – with new desires to love and obey Him. And God helps us to become more and more like Jesus. That is the second big difference God makes in our lives. As we change on the inside, it shows on the outside in how we act and in how we treat others.

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen…Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:29,31-32

I have a Winnie the Pooh pez dispenser. I love pez dispensers because they dispense sweet, delicious candy out of their mouth. With God’s help, we can be like pez dispensers and dispense sweet things out of our mouths. Instead of anger and unwholesome talk, we can dispense kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.

As God changes us to become more and more like Jesus we will dispense more and more sweet things from our mouths and the way we act and the way we treat other people will become sweeter too!

I love hide and seek! Is your favorite part the hiding or the seeking? The theme this week has been “Seek Him!” Today’s BIG question is “What does it mean to seek God?”

That is a very good question. Because of what Jesus did for us when He died on the cross, we can be friends with God. Our relationship with God is restored. But we want that relationship to grow. We want to get to know God better.

Seeking God is all about building our relationship with Him. We seek God in order to love Him more and get to know Him more.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your path.” Proverbs 3:5-6

Lost and Found vs. Buried Treasure

If something is lost, we will look for it. It could be something valuable or something we could live without. We won’t look forever, though. We may eventually find it or we may not.

A buried treasure isn’t lost. Someone knows where it is, we just need directions to find it. A treasure is something valuable. If it’s really important to us, we’ll keep seeking until we find it.

God is like a buried treasure. He’s not lost. He’s given us the directions to find Him in His word.

We find out who God is and what He wants us to do by reading the Bible. Even though we can’t see God, we can seek Him and find Him in the Bible!

We can also seek God in prayer – we can talk to Him even though we can’t see Him!

I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already! Camp is half over. Today in chapel we are answering the BIG question, “Why did Jesus have to die?”

That’s a big BIG question!! To start we are going to play a game of The Price is Right! Two cabins will compete to guess the price on some very important consumer products – M&M’s, ketchup chips, double bubble, and a hot wheels car. Once they have finished I will tell them I have one more item and will show a sign that says ‘forgiveness of sin.’ How much money would it cost to buy this? The answer is that no amount of money can buy forgiveness of sin. The sign is turned over and it is revealed that Jesus’ death on the cross paid the price for our sins.

Why did Jesus have to die? Because sin has to be paid for and that payment required the death of a perfect person. Jesus is that perfect person. Jesus sacrificed His life to save us.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” John 3:16-17