Truth Fest
Debbie:
“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”
(Matt. 10:28-30 NIV)
Hännah:
I’ve felt very small this week in contrast with God. He’s so wise and so magnificent–He knows all the stars by name, and He’s bothered to count the hairs on my head. He knows all things and is wholly sovereign, and is so good to His children. It’s incredibly humbling to consider.
Kaitlin:
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” Titus 2:11-14, ESV
Kate
This week the Lord has shown me His faithfulness as I’ve begun to prepare for finals, and I’ve been praying all the more as I seek to face all He has set before me this week.
Katie Marie:
This week as I drove up into Oklahoma City, my brother read the book of 1 Peter out loud to us both. God used this to lift my spirits—His truth is so good!
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:1821, KJV)
Kelsey:
”…Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.”
2 Corinthians 8:10-12 (NIV)
Riette:
This week has been a hard one, but God has used my weaknesses and the circumstances He has me in for my good and His glory. I’ve been tempted in growing weary of these struggles and last night God reminded me of these lyrics.
Yes, I can see a light that is coming
For the heart that holds on,
And there will be an end to these troubles,
But until that day comes,
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You.Matt & Beth Redman
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music
Stephanie:
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of a self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
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