Undivided'12 - Third day - Tercer día

 Very early start of the morning of the Planning Team to praise God for what he has done and entrust the day into His hands, the best place where they can be.

The same happens with the restless logistics team who are working very hard to serve us!

 Igors Rautmanis, Conference Director, encouraging us to press on.

 Today's Bible portion was Daniel 1

Some thoughts from John Lennox’s talk:

• “In the beginning…” There is always place for new beginnings.
• How do we maintain the faith when all around has shattered?
• It is a tragedy when our mind does not connect with our hearts. If our Christian faith does not make sense in our life it is not credible. How we behave is important.
• How did Daniel maintain his faith? How do we maintain ours?  Daniel was prepared to push against the flow, are we?
• What are the values that determine our behavior?  Values are important.
• What is sacred to you? God as holy, set apart. That was at the heart of Daniel’s witness. He will stand for the holiness of God, the purity of God. Because he knew people will look at his life and draw conclusions about God.
• There is a difference between trusting God and using our brain. There is always a danger of pride. We often trust our minds until we need to use God and we use him as a force. Using the mind and trusting in God, that is what we need.
• What make sus dirty? We need to remember that our body is temple of the Holy Spirit. We need to repent. We need to start again.

 We pray for people to help us be like Daniel.

And we respond to God's word by thinking about students around us: how are they? How do they feel? What do they do? We compare with Daniel and we draw our conclusions: How are we going to keep our identity and integrity whatever the circumstances around us are?

 Other things happening at Undivided'12:

Crowds walking back and forth from main hall to food courts and other activities...

 Mission Markeplace, students learning from one another on how to reach out to our friends.

 Some students enquiring on a year or two serving with InterAction.

 Students getting to know one another, enjoying fellowship in the free time.

 Students spending time with Jesus.

 Students catching up on sleep!

Staff thinking together about how can we best train students in evangelism.