Bootcamp

I attended a christian retreat this past weekend facilitated by a group of volunteers in an organization known as Bootcamp Northwest.This is the same retreat that attended last year in Easton, WA. The retreat was held in Wild Horse Canyon down in Oregon and the weather and setting were equally breathtaking. On the last day of the event, Glen [one of the speakers] gave us all about 40 minutes to go off [called a covenant of silence during the event, there were many] and pray and answer some questions about how we intended to move forward in the battle and what our "plan" would actually look like. During this time, I was sitting there pondering these questions and writing down my answers when I was suddenly attacked. This voice in my head said, "you don't want to do this, man - this is going to be hard" and I thought, yeah this is going to be hard. The voice then said, "why are you even here? this is just a bunch of "touchy feely" junk" and I thought, yeah this is sort of a waste of time... the voice then said "if you don't church or hang around these christian dude's, nobody can hold you accountable for making sure you stay on track". It was at this point that I understood that I was in battle. I rebuked the enemy in the name of Jesus Christ and continued to work through the remaining questions in peace. The reason I am sharing this is that when I was driving back to Seattle with my friend, Kevin, I was telling him about this experience and he too came under attack at right around the same time. When we returned from the Covenant of Silence, our senses were heightened as we entered the meeting room and there was a sense that the enemy was present. I am curious to know if anybody else felt this or had a similar experience during this time? I posted a question on our networking site to find out. Make no mistake - the enemy lost some ground this past weekend, and he was not happy about it. Our weapons were sharpened this weekend and many men present at the event joined the ranks of God's army. These events are so awesome. I will be moving in tot he advanced session next spring and will likely continue to make an annual pilgrimage to these events as long as Bootcamp Northwest exists. I am planning to take my son, Josh, to the Bootcamp hosted by John Eldridge and Ransomed Heart Ministries in Colorado as soon as our number comes up. We were wait listed for last one after the lottery. This stuff is so powerful - I can not begin to tell you how the healing process offers so much freedom.