1) To learn that I can
2) To share my life with others because my past, for the good and bad, even the ugly, is useful to His glory.
3) To learn lessons of life from those around me
4) To see this world is more than about Matthew
5) To learn to serve through leadership
6) To learn how to be loved by the Lord
7) To learn more about God’s character
8) To disciple those around me and be discipled in return
9) To feel a true place in a community of believers
10) To be pushed and see that the Lord will help me withstand all.
11) To be stretched all know I will not break. The pain is no comparison to the reward.
12) To be redeemed in my sight through the Lord’s
13) To be grown in my independence through the words of the Lord.
14) To learn what true adventure can look like
15) To learn what is means to call myself a believer
16) To see what real prayer is
17) To see what REAL really is
18) To be spoken to by God through His own voice and through others in which He speaks through
19) To work towards a stronger relationship with the Lord
20) To glorify his through acts done in his name through his power
21) To learn how to hear his words, to learn to look around and see the world through different eyes. To see in it His face and His grace all around me.
22) To spread the ripples of His worship all through out His kingdom
23) To spark embers all over that will ignite in His all consuming wildfire. A wildfire that of faith that will spread uncontrollable over the earth in His holy name.
24) To live a better story.
