As most of you know, BASICcon is THIS WEEKEND! woohoo! I’m excited, can you tell?
Conference time is very exciting for us at BASIC central and for our groups all over the Northeast! These weekends are always impactful with powerful ministry times, dynamic teaching, and amazing worship. While there are probably a million and one things left on your to do list, I thought I would give you a little insight into our heart for BASICcon this semester! Every year, the staff at BASIC prays and plans for each conference. This year as we were praying, we felt strongly God had something specific He wanted to communicate to students.
We know that being a young adult isn’t easy in the world we live in today. We know that our students walk through some challenging and heartbreaking circumstances. Whether it be a loss of a close friend or the pressure to perform, students can all come together around the reality that college can be hard. We all go through seasons where the outlook seems bleak and dark.
However, we have a hope, and his name is Jesus. We have a God who never leaves us to figure it all out on our own. This semester we were inspired by Isaiah 43:18&19. It says:
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
God is always making a way for us.
Even when we have no direction for our future, He is God.
Even when we run from Him, He is God.
Even when we have nothing left to give, He is God.
Even in your wilderness, He is God.
This conference we pray that the reality of who we are as children of God would ignite hope inside weary hearts again. We pray that no matter what circumstance has come against, or lie has sunk into their hearts, that our students would rejoice around the fact that they have a God is bigger, stronger and greater than anything they could contend against. We pray that dreams would be awakened and vision would be released! We are the hope for our campuses! We pray that as they grab hold of their identity and His promises, they have the freedom to let go of their past and believe God for the new things He is doing in them and through them. We are not left to walk through life alone, we never were.
I pray that this gets you so amped for all that God wants to speak to you and your students this conference! Can’t wait to see you all there!